Washington,
(ANI):
Actor
Matt
Dillon
has
been
roped
in
to
play
the
lead
role
in
the
heist
thriller
'Armored" for
Screen
Gems.
The
film,
to
be
directed
by
Nimrod
Antal,
centres
on
an
armoured
car
guard
(Dillon)
who
is
persuaded
by
his
veteran
cohorts
to
empty
the
truck
of
its
10
million
dollars.
James
V.
Simpson
has
written
the
screenplay
for
the
movie,
which
also
stars
Columbus
Short,
Variety
reports.
The
producers
include
Sam
Raimi,
Josh
Donen
and
Dan
Farah,
while
the
executive
producers
are
Chris
Lemos
and
Luis
Guerrero.
Screen
Gems" Clint
Culpepper
and
Eric
Paquette
will
oversee
the
project
for
the
studio.
Shooting
of
the
film
is
scheduled
to
kick
off
later
this
year.