Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley has joined Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria in The Baytown Disco, from a script that appeared on the 2009 Black List of hot unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Wesley, who plays Stefan Salvatore on Diaries, will play a Louisiana federal agent in the film.
Billy Bob Thornton & Eva Longoria join The Baytown Disco
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Wesley will play "Anthony Reese, a federal agent who comes into a small Southern town to investigate the Oodies -- three redneck brothers who get more than they bargained for after agreeing to help a woman get her son back from his seemingly abusive father." [The Wrap]
Thornton was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award in 1997 for Sling Blade and Longoria's best known for her stint on Desperate Housewives. Serinda Swan, Clayne Crawford, Thomas Sangster and Meagan Good will also appear in the film.
The Baytown Disco has been a favorite in-development project in the blogosphere, but it sounds a little Joe Dirt-ish to us... and can a pretty boy from the kitchy teen drama The Vampire Diaries handle going up against a heavy-hitter like Billy Bob Thornton?
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