Pierce Brosnan`s `The Matador` gets studio green light, filming starts in 8 weeks time

Filmmaker Richard Shepard tells Moviehole that financing has come through for "The Matador", a film he plans to make with Pierce Brosnan.

"We finally got the green light from Stratus Films. Pierce Brosnan is starring and we start shooting in Mexico in 8 weeks", says Shepard, whose other credits include `Mexico City`.

"We have offers out to two great…we have signed David Tattersal the extremely talented DP of The Green Mile and the last three Star Wars films and Brosnan`s `Die Another Day` to shoot it."

In the movie, Brosnan will play Julian Noble, a hitman who has a breakdown while on assignment in Mexico City. There, he crosses paths with an ordinary, married businessman from Denver with problems of his own.

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