Jose Padilha Teams with 'Gran Torino' Writer for 'Tri-Border' Thriller « FirstShowing.net

Jose Padilha Teams with 'Gran Torino' Writer for 'Tri-Border' Thriller « FirstShowing.net: "The Brazilian filmmaker is already slated to direct the long-gestating reboot of RoboCop, but now Jose Padilha has another project for his future slate as well. Heat Vision reports the Elite Squad director is set to helm a new thriller from Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk. Called Tri-Border, the film, being shot in English, takes place in the infamous lawless South American zone trisected by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, where competing crime organizations and law enforcement agencies fight for the upper hand. Surprisingly, this has nothing to do with Kathryn Bigelow's Triple Frontier, that deals with the same setting."