Hugh Jackman Has Orders to Kill

X-Men star Hugh Jackman is attached to star in Orders to Kill for Millennium Films and director Lee Daniels.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the film is a thriller based on William F. Pepper's book of the same name that explores a conspiracy theory behind the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The paper says Orders to Kill "will tell the story of William Pepper (Jackman), a controversial attorney and activist who for decades has argued that convicted killer James Earl Ray, who recanted his confession and died arguing his innocence, didn't shoot MLK."

Jackman and Daniels previously tried to team for the civil rights drama Selma before that project fell apart. Jackman is currently filming The Wolverine, while Daniels' next project is the star-studded, fact-based White House drama The Butler.

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James Franco Joins Jason Statham on Homefront

James Franco is set to join Jason Statham in Millennium Films' upcoming action-thriller Homefront, penned by Sylvester Stallone.

According to Variety,Gary Fleder will direct the film which follows ex-DEA agent Statham as he moves to a new town to try and escape a troubled past. When The Stath arrives however, he discovers that the place is riddled with crime and headed up by a meth magnate, played by Franco.

Stallone will serve as a produce for the film alongside Kevin King Templeton and Rene Besson, with Trevor Short and Avi Lerner executive producing.

Lerner said, "I cannot think of a better group to put this film on the big screen. Sly's script is fantastic, James and Jason are remarkable actors and Gary really knows how direct this type of film. We start production at the end of September in New Orleans."

Fleder has previously directed "Runaway Jury" and "Kiss the Girls" while Statham and Stallone will be appearing onscreen together in The Expendables 2.

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