Billy Bob Thornton Joins Dwayne Johnson in Faster

Dwayne Johnson and Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) have signed on to star in Faster, an action thriller to be directed by George Tillman, Jr (Soul Food, Notorious). CBS Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group are teaming up on the film, with production projected to start early next year.

Faster follows an an ex-con (Johnson) out to avenge his brother's murder. Thornton will play a cop trying to stop him before he gets his revenge. Joe and Tony Gayton (Salton Sea, Murder By Numbers) wrote the script, with Tony producing and Joe executive producing.

Ex-wrestler-turned-actor Johnson will next be seen in the comedy The Tooth Fairy and will be heard in the animated alien invasion pic, Planet 51. Johnson's current filming The Other Guys, an action comedy also starring Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell and Samuel L Jackson.

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