Filmmaker
Gavin Hood is nothing if not versatile. After directing the Oscar-winning
Tsotsi and the fanboy-friendly
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
,
he's tackling a TV pilot for the recently launched
EPIX cable network.
Tough Trade, which starts shooting in Nashville this week, features
Sam Shepard as patriarch of the Tucker family, a three-generation Nashville music dynasty. The bad news: Drink, debauchery and divorce have left the once-mighty Tuckers on the verge of bankruptcy. The worse news: Ol' Man Tucker's grandson, an exceptionally talented singer and guitarist, has no interest in joining the family business -- because he prefers to make a living by selling illegal ammunition around Nashville.
Lucas Black of
Sling Blade
and the forthcoming
Get Low plays the prodigal grandson, and
Cary Elwes -- the dashing hero of
The Princess Bride
-- has signed on to play his dad. No word yet as to whether any of these characters has retractable claws.
