Cusack, Bellucci, Thornton Reap ‘Harvest’
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – John Cusack, Monica Bellucci and Billy Bob Thornton will star in “Ice Harvest,” a comedic thriller to be directed by Harold Ramis.
Set in a snowbound town on Christmas Eve, the Focus Features project centers on a not-so-bright lawyer (Cusack) who is about to embezzle money from his mob superiors. Bellucci plays an owner of a strip bar who is in cahoots with Thornton’s character, who is using the lawyer to swindle the mob and plans to double-cross him.
The production, which sources put in the $10 million range, is due to begin filming in Cusack’s Chicago hometown in April.
Cusack most recently starred in “Runaway Jury” and “Identity.” Other credits include “High Fidelity” and “Being John Malkovich.”
Italian actress Bellucci next appears in Mel Gibson’s Wednesday release “The Passion of the Christ,” in which she plays Mary Magdalene. Thornton most recently starred in “Bad Santa,” for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
Ramis’ recent directing credits include the hit 1999 comedy “Analyze This” and its less successful 2002 sequel “Analyze That.” In between, he directed 2000’s “Bedazzled.”
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