The long in development film centers on a suburban dad(Johnson) who sees his son sentenced to 30 years in prison under a heavy handed mandatory minimum drug law. To help reduce his son's sentence, he decides to go under cover and get some dirt on a major drug lord. Justin Haythe(The Lone Ranger) wrote the early version of the script, with Waugh doing some rewrites, which apparently included retooling one of the major characters for Sarandon. She'll play an ambitious U.S. attorney who thinks one major drug bust will advance her political career.
Sounds a little far out, right? Believe it or not, Snitch is based on a true story, which became the basis for a documentary on Frontline. Straight up. It's still likely going to be heavily fictionalized(think Domino or Machine Gun Preacher), but it's still pretty cool.
No word on when shooting may kick off. Sarandon is currently shooting Cloud Atlas, her second film with The Wachowskis(Speed Racer). Johnson is in the midst of G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation.
