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Ejiofor dons 'Redbelt'
The always excellent Chiwetel Ejiofor will star in an American samurai film for writer-director David Mamet.
Apr 13 2007
Whether his movies fail or succeed, it's always worth watching a David Mamet film, if only for the hard-boiled dialogue and unpredictable nature of his scripts. It's therefore good news to hear that the writer-director is about to start work on a new project, and even better news that it will be an American samurai flick.
Entitled 'Redbelt', the film will star Chiwetel Ejiofor as a Jiu-Jitsu master who has walked away from competitive fighting in favour of setting up his own self-defence studio. When a group of corrupt promoters and movie stars con him however, he is forced back into the ring to regain his honour.
Mamet and Ejiofor? Con games and samurais? Sounds like a winner to us, and with the film shooting in LA next month, expect 'Redbelt' to be one of the more interesting flicks to be released early next year.
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