Shia LaBeouf was supposed to star in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, but had to pull out due to schedule conflicts. No his calender has cleared up and he is back ready to act.
Variety reports that the actor will be coming to the gritty pulp romance as the title character. The project is now in pre-production with Fredrik Bond, known for his commercials, attached to direct from a Black List script by Matt Drake.
The story is about a "normal guy who falls for a woman who has been claimed by a violent crime boss."
Voltage Productions and Bona Fide Productions are producing the project which is scheduled to start production in Eastern Europe in early May. The project once has Zac Efron attached to star when it was at Mandate Pictures, LeBeouf has been signed on since April 2010 but didn't have time to film thanks to the success of the Transformers films.
"After our fantastic experience collaborating with Shia on The Company You Keep, I jumped at the idea of working with him again on Charlie Countryman," said Craig J. Flores, a producer on the project. "The spark in this amazing script, mixed with Shia's pure talent and Fredrik's masterful ability to create an elevated love story we just can't get enough of -- will redefine pulp romance."
LaBeouf can next be seen in The Wettest Country and then Robert Redford's The Company You Keep.
