‘Twelve’ Cast Set for Schumacher

The cast has been finalized for Joel Schumacher’s next film, an adaptation of the Nick McDonells novel ‘Twelve.’ Â  Chace Crawford, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Ellen Barkin, Emma Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, and Rory Culkin will star.

The story follows a high school  dropout-turned-drug dealer. His lucrative life sours when the dealer’s cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and his best friend is arrested for the crime.   McDonell was 17 at the time he wrote the novel in 2002.

Schumacher has been pretty hit-and-miss for the past 15 years, making some really good movies like ‘Flawless’, ‘Tigerland’, ‘Phone Booth’, and ‘The Phantom of the Opera.’ Â  However, in the last ten years, he has also made films like ‘8MM’, ‘Bad Company’, and ‘The Number 23’, and that’s not even mentioning the ’97 debacle that was ‘Batman and Robin.’ Â  It will be interesting to see him do a more down-to-earth film such as this, as that seems to be where he does his best work.

Production beings on ‘Twelve’ later this month.

Source: Variety