Michael Chiklis and Forest Whitaker brought new meaning to the word "intensity" when their characters squared off during one season of FX's excellent The Shield back in 2006. Now they're going to be sharing the big screen in a new movie from Chiklis' Extravaganza Films production company. Deadline reports that the two actors will co-star in the indie crime flick Pawn, alongside Common and Ray Liotta. Based on a script by Jay Anthony White, Pawn revolves around a hostage crisis that unfolds after several gunmen try to rob a diner that is -- oops -- a front for the mob. Soon the situation is at the center of a maelstrom of cops, feds, and goodfellas. White only has one produced feature credit listed on IMDb, a low-budget 2006 crime movie called Project 313, so he's something of an unknown quantity at this point. Regardless of the state of the script, Chiklis and...
- 11/29/2011
- cinemablend.com
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