The film is The Counselor and it is still without a studio, but will be directed by Ridley Scott with a script from Cormac McCarthy and now Deadline.com reports it will star Michael Fassbender and the film is looking at a May 1 start date, a month before Scott’s Prometheus hits theaters.
McCarthy, as I’m sure you all know, penned the novels “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” (among several others) and he also wrote the play and teleplay adaptation of The Sunset Limited, which Tommy Lee Jones directed for HBO. The Counselor is already being compared to McCarthy’s previous works with insiders calling it “No Country For Old Men on steroids,” which is a pretty generic description, but yes, it implies it’s quite a piece of work.
The story centers on a respected lawyer (Fassbender) who thinks he can dip a toe into the drug business without getting sucked down. A bad decision. He tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation, but can he?
Casting for a villain is currently underway with names such as Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper and Brad Pitt being mentioned, the latter of which got a big break with Scott being featured in Thelma & Louise back in 1991.
This is one of two projects on Fassbender’s upcoming slate as he’s also set to re-team with Shame helmer Steve McQueen on 12 Years a Slave, which is expected to co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor and a small role for Brad Pitt.
Fassbender will next be seen in Scott’s Prometheus (pictured above) on June 8.
