Brando, De Niro, Norton coming

A dream team of Hollywood actors is heading to Montreal to star in a $70-million crime thriller. The Score, which will shoot in town from May to mid-August, will feature the heavy-weight trio of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Edward Norton in the lead roles.

Producer Gary Foster confirmed yesterday that the three stars - long rumoured to be circling the film - have signed-on for the much-anticipated project.

Oscar-winning actors Brando and De Niro are teaming up onscreen for the first time in their storied careers.

The Tinseltown legends will be joined by Norton, one of this generation's hottest actors thanks to critically acclaimed roles in the films Primal Fear, The People Vs. Larry Flynt, American History X, and Fight Club.

"We have three generations of top actors here," Foster said. "Bob De Niro and Marlon Brando have never worked together, so they're excited, and for Edward Norton, who's the young lion, he gets to work with his idols. It's not just a paycheque for them. It's a big deal."

The Score is to be directed by Frank Oz, whose credits include last year's Steve Martin comedy Bowfinger, In & Out, What About Bob?, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Foster, who has been developing the project for the past three years, also produced Sleepless in Seattle, Tin Cup and Just Cause. The Score, written by Dan Taylor and Kario Salem, tells the tale of an aging master thief (De Niro) who is coaxed into pulling off one last heist by a young criminal (Norton). Brando plays De Niro's fence/mentor.

De Niro's character is an American living in Montreal, though he does most his jobs back in the U.S.

In contrast to most visiting Hollywood productions, The Score is set in Montreal and will not use the city as a stand-in for another North American burgh.

"We liked the sense that it was a North American city with European roots," Foster said.

"We're going to utilize every aspect of the city. The picture was originally conceived to be shot in San Francisco and then we said: 'It's been done so many times. Why not Montreal?' There's not a shot outside of Montreal. We're happy to shoot Montreal as Montreal. We're going to make the city shine."

This is the first time Brando and De Niro will be working on the same film set. Though they both played the role of Vito Corleone in The Godfather epics, they worked on separate films.

Brando portrayed the title character in the original, with De Niro playing the young Corleone in The Godfather: Part II. It is the only time in Oscar history that two actors won Academy Awards for playing the same character.

The Score is a production of Mandalay Pictures, a Hollywood studio partly owned by Vancouver-based company Lions Gate Entertainment, and it will be released across North America early next year by Paramount Pictures.

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