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Lionsgate swings open for Pacino, Hopkins, Duhamel thriller

A new legal thriller starring Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins has landed at Lionsgate, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The studio behind “The Expendables” and “Saw” wanted “Beyond Deceit”, tyro director Shintaro Shimosawa’s movie about a young lawyer (Josh Duhamel of “Safe Haven”) who who takes on a big case against a ruthless executive of a pharmaceutical company (Hopkins), only to find himself drawn into a murder case in which he is the prime suspect.

The film, currently in production in New Orleans, will also feature Malin Akerman, Alice Eve, Julia Stiles, and Byung-hun Lee.

The movie was originally set up at David Ellison’s Skydance Productions.

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