NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A trio of producers are banding together to make an English-language version of the 1995 French thriller "The Bait." Bertrand Tavernier's movie, released in France as "L'appat," revolves around a woman, her boyfriend and his friend who come up with a plan to rob the houses of wealthy married men by using the woman as "bait." Their plan quickly leads to missteps and murder.
Based on a true story, the film was set in Paris in the 1980s; the new movie will be set in contemporary New York.
Eric Eisner, Aimee Peyronnet and Alexandra Milchan, the producers of the remake, have hired Matthew Cirulnick, the scribe on the upcoming graffiti drama "Vandals," to write the screenplay.
"This is a film about people facing moral dilemmas as they try to move ahead in society, so it transcends cultures," Eisner said, adding that the wealth -- and wealth gaps -- of New York make it an appropriate setting.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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