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Shia LaBeouf set for 'Fields'

By Borys Kit

April 13, 2008, ET

RELATED: Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie join 'Love'

CORRECTED 4:34 p.m. PT April 14, 2008

Shia LaBeouf is making a trip to "The Dark Fields," a thriller Neil Burger is directing for Universal. Leslie Dixon and Scott Kroopf are producing.

The story, by Dixon, follows a loser (LaBeouf) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. The thriller is said to be in the vein of "Fight Club" and "The Game."

The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn.

Peter Cramer is overseeing for Universal.

LaBeouf next stars in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Eagle Eye." He is currently shooting the Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of the anthology film "New York, I Love You."

LaBeouf is repped by Endeavor, John Crosby Management and lawyer Matt Saver.

Shia LaBeouf set for 'Fields'

By Borys Kit

April 13, 2008, ET

RELATED: Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie join 'Love'

CORRECTED 4:34 p.m. PT April 14, 2008

Shia LaBeouf is making a trip to "The Dark Fields," a thriller Neil Burger is directing for Universal. Leslie Dixon and Scott Kroopf are producing.

The story, by Dixon, follows a loser (LaBeouf) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. The thriller is said to be in the vein of "Fight Club" and "The Game."

The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn.

Peter Cramer is overseeing for Universal.

LaBeouf next stars in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Eagle Eye." He is currently shooting the Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of the anthology film "New York, I Love You."

LaBeouf is repped by Endeavor, John Crosby Management and lawyer Matt Saver.



 


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