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Michael Caine, Samuel L Jackson in 'Harry and The Butler'

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Michael Caine, who memorably played the role of a butler in Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise, is all set to reprise the butler role again but in a different movie.

Caine will play a down-on-his-luck butler in 'Harry and The Butler' with Samuel L Jackson in director George C Wolfe's film.

Philippe Rivier of Spirit Films and Colin Callender of Playground Entertainment are producing the dramedy, said the Hollywood Reporter.

The story is about a derelict roller-coaster mechanic mechanic and one-time jazz virtuoso, who lives in a train caboose.

When he inherits a large sum of money, he drunkenly to hire a down-on-his-luck British butler, played by Caine.
 

Wolfe is set to start shooting on location in Louisiana in spring 2014 from a script by Damian F Slattery.

The film is loosely based on the 1962 Danish film 'Harry og Kammertjeneren'.

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First Published: Nov 07 2013 | 8:00 AM IST

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