Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson to star in crime film 'Highwaymen'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Legendary actors Robert Redford and the late, great Paul Newman were developing a couple of projects before the latter passed away back in 2008. One of those was A Walk in the Woods, which Redford later made with Nick Nolte. Another one of those was a crime movie titled Highwaymen. In 2013, the movie cast Woody Harrelson and Liam Neeson as the new leads and while Neeson has exited, the movie is back on tracks with Netflix (who else) coming on to produce with Harrelson and now, Kevin Costner to star, per Deadline.

            John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) will direct the movie and also has done the re-write on the script. The movie follows Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, lawmen who brought Bonnie and Clyde to justice. It’s a great directing vehicle for Hancock, who I really quite enjoy and premise for both Costner and Harrelson to star.

            Harrelson can be seen in three big-time projects this year with War for the Planet of the Apes and The Glass Castle due out later this Summer. He’ll also reunite with Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as well as star in the untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film which will be released in 2018. Costner will star in Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, Molly’s Game with Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba and star in the TV series, Yellowstone helmed by Taylor Sheridan.

            You guys excited to see this long-gestating project come to fruition? How do you feel about a Kevin Costner/Woody Harrelson team-up? Let us know in the comments below!