Jackie Brown Prequel a Go, To Star John Hawkes
A prequel to Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is in the works starring John Hawkes. The film will be based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and called Switch.
Jackie Brown is named after its title character, a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline. She is smuggling money in and out of Mexico for a gun smuggler, Ordell Robbie. Once caught by the ATF, Jackie refuses to cut a deal. She is arrested and meets bail bondsman, Max Cherry, after Robbie hires him to bail her out. The two come up with a plan to double cross Ordell Robbie. Jackie Brown was based off the Elmore Leonard novel Rum Punch and was directed by Quentin Tarantino.
