Denzel Washington circling Matarese
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?A package based on a best-selling Robert Ludlum novel is creating a buzz as it has been pitched to studios this week. And there’s a good reason: Denzel Washington is attached to play the hero. The project, “The Matarese Circle,” centers on two secret agents, an American and a Russian, who must work together to fight a mysterious group of killers known as the Matarese, The twist: the agents, Bradley Scofield and Vasili Taleniekov, have been nemeses for years, with each responsible for killing someone close to the other. According to those familiar with the pitch, Washington would play Scofield.
Via Reuters