Costner and Jones are in 'The Company Men'
Duo join Ben Affleck in corporate downsizing drama
Perhaps Kevin Costner has lined up a film worth watching after the dismal Swing Vote last year and films such as Mr. Brooks, The Guardian and Rumor Has It… rounding out his last four films. However, an indie feature with Tommy Lee Jones sounds interesting as the two will star in The Company Men, joining the already cast Ben Affleck .
The film is described as a drama about the impact a corporate downsizing has on both its casualties and survivors. Affleck plays a corporate hotshot whose Porsche and six-figure salary vanish after he gets laid off. Costner plays his brother-in-law, a salt-of-the-earth drywall installer who gives him a construction job. Jones plays a senior partner in the firm, a principled man who struggles with the greedy actions of his partners.
John Wells wrote the script and will direct. Production begins in April in Boston.
On top of this news we also learn Costner is prepping work on a film called The One, which he will direct from a script he penned with Dances With Wolves writer Michael Blake, based on an idea by Blake. Costner will star as a free-spirited man who inherits $3 billion, leading him on an adventure and an eventual collision with pirates in the Cayman Islands.
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