Al Pacino to star in 'Captivated' with Isla Fisher and Blake Ritson

Los Angeles: Actors Isla Fisher and Blake Ritson are set to feature alongside Hollywood superstar Al Pacino in "Captivated".

Fisher is known for her role as Gloria Cleary in the 2005 film "Wedding Crashers" and has also let her voice in films such as "Rango", "Rise of the Guardians" and "Back to the Outback", among others. Ritson starred in "The Gilded Age", "Krypton" and "The Count of Monte Cristo".

The film is directed by Dito Montiel, known for films such as "Riff Raff" and is based on story of John Paul Getty III's kidnapping, according to the entertainment news outlet Deadline.

It is set against the backdrop of 1970s Italy and is billed as a new interpretation and angle on the famed kidnapping story, previously unexplored in Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World" and the FX series "Trust".

Pacino essays an older version of Saro Mammoliti in the film.

The film is produced by Michael Mammoliti and Manasvi Mamgai of 32Red Entertainment, alongside Andrea Bucko and Nicky Weinstock of Sweetheart Entertainment, and Cassian Elwes.

"For me, this project is deeply personal. My family has a direct connection to these events, and I grew up with a very different understanding of the story than the one audiences have seen on screen," Mammoliti said in a statement.

"We have an opportunity to bring a new dimension to a story the world thinks it already knows with the film," he added.

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