Zac Efron Attached To Star In ‘The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman’ > The Playlist
Zac Efron Attached To Star In ‘The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman’ > The Playlist.
Exclusive: Founding his own production company (the cheekily titled Ninjas Runnin’ Wild), and being courted for a number of intriguing projects over the past year (including the remake of “Snabba Cash”), Zac Efron is set to turn heads in a role that will showcase the actor as we’ve never quite seen him before.
Producer Albert Berger has confirmed with The Playlist that Efron is attached to star in the lead role in the action comedy “The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman,” a role that was once inhabited by Shia LaBeouf last year. The film, said to be in the spirit of “Pulp Fiction,” follows Charlie who after the death of his mother, heads to Europe to find himself. There, he meets a girl and falls in love. The trouble is she already belongs to an insanely violent crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal, but that won’t deter Charlie who endures one bruising beat down after another to woo the girl and keep her out of harm’s way.
The film has been penned by Matt Drake, a scribe on the rise, who not only found his ‘Countryman’ script get approval from the folks who put together the Black List in 2007, but he’s also written the forthcoming, low budget R-rated comedy “Project X” produced by Todd Phillips and Joel Silver. While Dante Ariola was once attached to direct, this is no longer the case. ‘Countryman’ is currently out to directors, and the hope is to get the film in front of cameras this year.
Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide are producing, and the film is set up at Mandate Pictures with Nathan Kahane executive producing. Dean Parisot and William Horbergwill also be producing.
Recently Split Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Spotted Kissing
Recently Split Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Spotted Kissing : People.com.
Has absence made the heart grow fonder? It sure seems that way for Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
The pair, who announced their split in December, appeared to be more than friends at Friday evening’s SHG’s Eden Hollywood opening, where they were “constantly touching and kissing each other,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
After arriving with pal Brittany Snow around midnight, the actors quickly took to the dance floor. “Vanessa was bopping around with her arms up while Zac had his hands all over her,” the source says. “Vanessa had a smile on from ear to ear and the two were inseparable after that.”
Eventually heading towards a table, the couple proceeded to get cozy – and stay that way for the rest of the evening.
“Zac sat in between her legs and she wrapped her arms around him,” the onlooker notes. “They were making out on and off for the last hour or so until closing. They acted like there was no one else in the room.”
