Bruce Willis to Star in and Produce Adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Bandits — collider.com

It’s increasingly rare to see Bruce Willis act like a professional and give a quality performance regardless of the material (of his last 12 films, his only worthwhile work was in Looper and Moonrise Kingdom), but perhaps he’ll show his acting talent in an adaptation of Elmore Leonard‘s Bandits.  Not to be confused with the forgettable 2001 Barry Levinson film of the same name, Willis optioned the black comedy when it was published in 1987, but the rights lapsed and were picked up by Quentin Tarantino along with the rights to three other Leonard novels.  Tarantino only ended up adapting Rum Punch (into Jackie Brown), and now the rights are back in Willis’ hands, who will produce the picture in addition to starring.

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