TYRESE GIBSON news

Source: Production Weekly
June 9, 2006


John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson and Rosie Perez will topline feature The Take, from screenwriters brothers Josh and Jonas Pate. Production in Los Angeles will start early next month with Brad Furman directing.

The story follows hard-working, middle class family man Felix Delgado (Leguizamo) who works for Dunbar Security, an armored transport company, and finds himself in the middle of a carefully orchestrated heist. Upon recovery, in addition to battling mood swings, pain and paranoia, Felix discovers that he's the prime suspect in the robbery, and takes it upon himself to do what the FBI and the police can't seem to handle: finding the real perpetrators and clearing his name.

Gibson will next seen in Vondie Curtis-Hall's film, Waist Deep, while Leguizamo's featured in Edward Burns' film, The Groomsmen.