Gere to Star in and Produce Hachiko

Variety reports that Richard Gere will star in and produce Hachiko: A Dog’s Story, a drama that will begin production in September.

The film will be fully financed by Inferno Entertainment, whose Bill Johnson and Vicky Shigekuni Wong will produce with Gere. They are closing in on a director.

Gere will play a college professor who takes in a dog he finds abandoned. Both man and hound find their lives changed forever as they form an unbreakable bond.

Written by Stephen P. Lindsay, the project is based on a true story and inspired by the 1987 Japanese film Hachiko monogatari.

Movie News

Marvel and DC

X