Alcon Entertainment has come aboard to fully finance and produce Chazz Palminteri's feature directorial debut, the romantic comedy "Dante and the Debutante" from a script he co-wrote with Tony Spiridakis. "Dante" centers on the character Dante Farrelli, a lovable con artist who is the inside man on heist targeting the private art collection belonging to the family of debutante Roxanne Sterling. Brantley will produce the feature with Alcon co-presidents Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Spiridakis and indie producer Joe Vecchio.

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