Credit: Variety
Matador star Pierce Brosnan has teamed with Maloof Motion Pictures to turn the Leonard Wise novel The Big Biazarro into a starring vehicle for himself.
The picture, according to Variety, will be scripted and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, who has helmed episodes of Sleeper Cell and The Shield.
The Big Biazarro is a drama is set in the high-stakes world of international gambling, and Brosnan will play an elusive veteran card player who mentors a headstrong but talented protege.
So, it’s The Color of Money meets poker.
Brosnan’s Irish DreamTime was productive while he toplined the 007 films, producing such pics as The Matador, and Butterfly on a Wheel, an upcoming dark thriller in which Brosnan stars with Maria Bello and Gerard Butler.
Brosnan says the goal of his production company is to become more prolific. Irish DreamTime is currently developing a sequel to “The Thomas Crown Affair,” among other projects.
“When you have a role like Bond, it becomes your life, and the time always went quickly between films,” he said. “We managed to make six films over the last 10 years, but with Bond no longer in my life, it allows me more time and choices, and the chance to be adventuresome. I’ve been in all our projects so far, and I’d like to try just being the producer on some of these projects.”
