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New Line has tapped Elisabeth Shue to star opposite Jim Carrey on thriller “The Number 23,” directed by Joel Schumacher.
Shue’s most recent credits are “Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story” and “Hide and Seek.”
Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Contrafilm will produce the pic, written by Fernley Phillips. Carrey will portray a man who becomes obsessed and haunted upon reading a book that seems to be about his life but ends with a murder. The number 23 is woven throughout the plot.
New Line’s Richard Brener, Keith Goldberg and production prexy Toby Emmerich oversee the project for the studio. Brooklyn Weaver, who manages the writer, is exec producing.
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