Foster and Ribisi in Talks for Contraband

Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in Universal Pictures’ Contraband, reports Variety.

The Working Title film, a remake of Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, co-written, is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur, who also co-wrote, produced and starred in the original.

The plot centers on a security guard and former alcohol smuggler (Wahlberg) on the Iceland-Netherlands route who is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems.

Foster will play Wahlberg’s brother-in-law while details on the character Ribisi would play were not disclosed.

Filming for the March 16, 2012 release is scheduled to start in January. Tim Bevan wrote the script.

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