Sean Penn faces the Cartel

Sean Penn is in talks to star in the action drama "Cartel" for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment reports Variety.

Scripted by Peter Craig, the mission movie will follow Ed Marker as he journeys to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in the gritty world of Mexican cartels.

The project began as a remake of the 1993 Italian film "La scorta" before evolving into an action vehicle for Penn.

Asger Leth ("Ghosts of Cite Soleil") will direct and Brian Grazer is producing. Production is currently aiming for a Summer start if Penn's deal can be locked.

Penn is still in discussions to star with Naomi Watts in the Doug Liman-directed Valerie Plame scandal drama "Fair Game".

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King Lear is dead...Long live King Lear

A Hollywood adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear has been cancelled after reportedly falling victim to the current global economic crisis.

The film was due to star Sir Anthony Hopkins in the title role alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Keira Knightly and Naomi Watts as the monarch's three daughters.

The $36 million (£25 million) production was announced at last year's Cannes Film Festival in France but has now been scrapped.

The decision was reportedly made after movie bosses found it difficult to secure the required investment.

A spokeswoman for Ruby Films, the production company behind the film, says, "Ruby are no longer doing it - the film will no longer go ahead. It has not really been announced."

The move now clears the way for a rival production from director Michael Radford, starring Al Pacino, which will still go ahead.

Who would you rather see as King Lear? Pacino or Hopkins?

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The International - Clive Owen and Naomi Watts speak about it.

In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing to continue financing terror and war.

Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, The International was shot on location in Germany and throughout Europe.

Movieweb spoke to Clive Owen and Naomi Watts about the film.

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The International - First 5 minutes

Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in "Run Lola Run" director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent (Owen) who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions.

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The International - New Trailer for Clive Owen and Naomi Watts latest

They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays. Not like R.E.M. who said Everybody Hurts.

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Shot from Ghost Rider used in The International trailer

This from /film - The same exact shot from Ghost Rider, was used in the new trailer for The International. Both films are produced by Columbia Pictures / Sony, so they obviously own the rights to the footage. In the Ghost Rider clip, which can be seen here, the car explodes as Ghost Rider rides by the car on his bike. In the International trailer, the Ghost Rider CG is absent, and the clip is shown right after someone enters something into an ATM machine.

First Showing also think some footage is from Black Hawk Down - Tom Tykwer, who directed The International, is a European filmmaker. He's got a lot of style in his films and I bet this really doesn't have as much explosive action as the studio wants. So to beef up the marketing and capture the attention of the Michael Bay-hungry audiences of America, they threw in an exploding car and some extra helicopters. Yep, that's how our society works. From the trailer for The International, the exploding car can be found at 0:22, while the helicopters (that I think are from Black Hawk Down) are at 0:51.

The top image is the one from Ghost Rider, the one below is from The International.

The International stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. An Interpol agent (Owen) attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring. Oh and it also stars Remy Auberjonois who is the son of Rene Auberjonois who was Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!

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