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Michael Keaton Signs on for 'Need for Speed' Movie

Keaton joins Dominic Cooper and Aaron Paul.

The Hollywood Reporter has detailed DreamWorks' upcoming adaptation of the Electronic Arts racing game series, 'Need for Speed.' "The story tells of a local street-racer (Paul) who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate (Cooper), only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After his stint in the joint, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer’s head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles."

Keaton apparently is set to play "the reclusive and eccentric host of an underground supercar race," a role that Keeton could pull off in his sleep.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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