
Robert Pattinson arrives at the premiere of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" during the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on June 24, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
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Robert Pattinson has signed to star in Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg’s adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel, stepping into the shoes that were to be worn by Colin Farrell.
Paul Giamatti and Marion Cotillard are already on board the film, which is eyeing a mid-May start in Toronto.
The project centers on a 28-year-old financial wizard and billionaire, to be played by Pattinson, as he traverses Manhattan in his stretch limo. His goal is to get a haircut at Anthony’s, his father’s barber, but on this day his driver has to navigate a presidential visit, an attack by anarchists and a rapper’s funeral. Stuck in traffic, he anxiously monitors the value of the yen on the limo’s computer, his fortune in the balance.
Martin Katz is also producing Cosmopolis. Renee Tab is exec producing.
Farrell was attached to play the lead but segued to Columbia’s remake of Total Recall, which also shoots in the spring.
Cronenberg is producing with Paulo Branco of Alfama Films.
Pattinson is repped by WME and 3 Arts.
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