Brett Ratner to direct Pierce Brosnan`s next film `After the Sunset`

06-Aug-2003 • Actor News

According to ComingSoon.net, Brett Ratner has been brought in to direct "After the Sunset", taking over from helmer John Stockwell - who dropped out last month due to creative differences. The film will start shooting in The Virgin Islands this October.

The film is based on a Paul Zbyszewski spec script which Craig Rosenberg was recently hired to rewrite.

The movie begins where most heist movies end - with a master thief (Pierce Brosnan) sailing off to an island paradise after his last big score. However, when his lifelong nemesis, a FBI agent (Woody Harrelson), shows up to make sure the thief is really retired, a new cat-and-mouse game of friendship, suspicion and thievery begins. Salma Hayek plays Brosnan`s girlfriend.

Salma Hayek auditioned for a role in "Die Another Day" before Halle Berry was ultimately cast.

Bret Ratner was rumoured to be nominated by MGM as a director for "Die Another Day". According the British newspapers in May 2001, the studio "was convinced it can make more money out of Bond by diluting his Britishness and making the films more American in style".

Thanks to MBE for the alert.