Somehow all these years have gone by without screen legends Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins having crossed paths on screen, but now that oversight is about to be corrected. Pacino, Hopkins, Malin Akerman, Dan Stevens, and Lee Byung-hun are closing deals to star in the legal thriller, Beyond Deceit.
Marking the directorial debut of screenwriter Shintaro Shimosawa, who also rewrote the screenplay from Adam Mason and Simon Boyes, the story follows an ambitious young lawyer (Stevens) who takes a case against a pharmaceutical company's ruthless exec only to wind up the prime suspect in a murder case. Pacino will play Stevens' mentor while Hopkins is the pharma executive. Akerman will play Stevens' mysterious ex-girlfriend while Byung-hun is a hitman.
Filming is to begin next month. [THR]
