Jack Black to star in BAILOUT from director Michael Winterbottom

Jack Black is set to star in a comedy from director Michael Winterbottom called Bailout. The film is being financed by Ealing Metro International. They financed The King's Speech, and will sell worldwide rights. The film is based on the Jess Walter novel The Financial Lives of The Poets. Walter adapted his novel, which follows the "misadventures of Matt Prior (Black), who loses his job, is crippled with debt and is convinced his wife is having an affair. He's two weeks from losing his home when he meets two losers at the supermarket who offer him a strange business opportunity and his last chance to save himself." The project is being produced by Michael Besman of Ballyhoo along with Melissa Parmenter of Revolution Films, Black and Ben Cooley and Priyanka Mattoo of Electric Dynamite. Production is slated to begin in August.

This sounds like a great project for Black. I have not been happy with his latest films, so anything can be better than those. Let's hope people are interested in seeing a film about financial issues that people are dealing with. 

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