The lovely, charming, and talented Elizabeth Banks is in talks to star in Paul Haggis’ latest flick, the suspense thriller,** The Next Three Days**.
Based on the recent French hit, Pour Elle, Banks – who’s increasingly dipping into serious roles after a string of comedic movies made her name - would play Laura, a woman who’s jailed for a murder she didn’t commit (or did she? Etc. etc.). Russell Crowe has already signed on to play the husband who won’t, in the grandest tradition of Reeves & Mortimer, let it lie, and so begins his own investigation.
Sounds like it could be a pretty interesting thriller, and it certainly gives Haggis a chance to stretch as a director after the dramas, Crash and** In The Valley Of Elah**. Of course, this all means that we’re still no closer to a Due South movie, but we can still dream, right?
Filming on the Lionsgate flick is scheduled to begin next month.