Washington,
(ANI):
Morgan
Freeman
and
Antonio
Banderas
have
signed
up
to
star
in
"The
Code".
The
caper
drama
is
being
helmed
by
Mimi
Leder,
with
Nu
Image's
Millennium
Films
producing
the
pic
penned
by
Ted
Humphrey.
The
movie
is
based
on
a
story
by
Ruben
Leder.
Freeman
will
portray
a
veteran
thief
who
recruits
a
younger
crook,
played
by
Banderas,
to
help
him
pull
off
one
final
job
in
order
to
repay
his
debt
to
the
Russian
mob.
Shooting
on
the
movie
starts
in
mid-October
in
Sofia,
Bulgaria,
at
Nu
Boyana
Film
Center,
owned
by
Nu
Image,
reports
Variety.
Boaz
Davidson,
Danny
Lerner
are
producing
along
with
Les
Weldon,
Lori
McCreary
(Freeman's
partner
in
Revelations
Entertainment)
and
Randall
Emmett.
Executive
producers
on
the
movie
are
First
Look
Holdings
principals
Avi
Lerner,
Henry
Winterstern,
Danny
Dimbort
and
Trevor
Short.
'The
Code" is
being
co-financed
by
Nu
Image/Millennium
and
First
Look
Studios.
First
Look
Studios
will
distribute
in
North
America,
with
Nu
Image
doing
the
same
overseas.