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Deja vu for 'Le Mac'.(remake)(Brief article)

Daily Variety

| September 02, 2011 | Sneider, Jeff | COPYRIGHT 2009 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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MRC and Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films are reteaming on a remake of 2010 French film "Le Mac," with "The Hangover" star Ed Helms toplining and producing.

The original French pic, directed by Pascal Bourdiaux, follows a mild-mannered banker forced to masquerade as a gangster notorious gangster and pimp. Thomas Langemann of Le Petite Reine produced the original and will exec produce the remake. Johnny Rosenthal ("Bad Santa 2") sold the pitch to MRC and is writing the project, which is in the early stages of development.

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Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld's Red Hour Films, which recently produced MRC's "30 Minutes …

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