Ford and Marshall Team Up For Immigration Drama

From Variety

Posted: Fri., Apr. 6, 2007, 9:55pm PT

Ford leads immigration drama cast
Liotta, Penn also board "Crossing Over"
By MICHAEL FLEMING

With an ensemble cast that includes Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Sean Penn, The Weinstein Co. has set an April 11 start date on ?Crossing Over,? a drama that covers the controversial topic of immigration and those who?ll do anything to enter the U.S.

Scripted and directed by Wayne Kramer (?The Cooler?), the drama shoots in L.A. and examines illegal immigrants the way that ?Traffic? did the illegal drug trade, with intersecting storylines threaded through the film.

More cast will be added and will be shuttled in and out. Penn, for instance, has only a cameo in the film, sources said, and he?ll spend three days shooting a small role as a border patrol agent.

Ford plays an enforcement agent who stages raids designed to corral illegals, while Liotta plays a USCIS district adjudicator, a bureaucrat dealing with the problems of illegals.

Frank Marshall, Kramer and Gregg Taylor are producing.

Frank Marshall I'm sure most of you know is a producer on Indy 4 and has produced the previous Indy films as well. Ford was originally offered the Michael Douglas role in "Traffic" but turned it down. I've read that he regretted that decision so it looks like he jumped at the chance to squeeze this in before Indy 4 starts filming in June.

 

That might be interesting.

 

Ford seems to have learned after turning down Michael Douglass' role in Traffic.