Paul Giamatti Set For Babylon

Paul Giamatti and Anthony Mackie have signed on to star in Babylon, an indie film from Stick N Stone productions. Ian Stone wrote the script, and Andres Baiz (Satanas) is attached to direct.

Mackie will play a Rasta from the isolated hills of Jamaica and Giamatti will play a British minister, both of whom accompany a 12-year-old Jamaican boy from the Kingston ghetto as they try to outrun gangsters.

Mackie has had roles in Million Dollar Baby, Freedomland, We Are Marshall and most recently Eagle Eye. He plays Tupac Shakur in Fox Searchlight’s upcoming Christopher Wallace biopic, Notorious.

Babylon marks Stone’s first screenplay. He’s worked as an assistant director on such films as Kingdom of Heaven, Munich, Lions for Lambs and There Will be Blood.

Babylon is scheduled to begin production in February in Jamaica.