MGM will begin production in January on Be Cool, the Get Shorty sequel that F. Gary Gray will direct, with John Travolta reprising his role as Chili Palmer. The studio is also courting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play a bodyguard-singer who develops an uneasy alliance with Palmer.
Be Cool moves the loan shark-turned film producer Palmer away from the feature film business and into the music industry. In short order, Chili witnesses the murder of his music industry friend by the mob, he agrees to manage an up-and-coming singer, and he's threatened by her mob-connected manager.
The Rock would play the manager's bodyguard, a big guy who wants to be a singer and who happens to be gay. After beating him up in their first encounter, Palmer tries to help the tough guy become a film star.
The studio is targeting the film for a holiday 2004 release.
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