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Al Pacino To Star In "Arbitrage" Al Pacino has set financial thriller " Arbitrage " as his next film. He'll star opposite Eva Green and Susan Sarandon . " Arbitrage " stars Pacino as a hedge fund magnate who is in over his head and desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before his fraud is revealed. But an unexpected, bloody error forces him to turn to the most unlikely corner for help.   Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki is set to start principal photography in Gotham next spring. Michael Ohoven ( "Capote") is producing and financing through his Infinity Media banner. Kevin Turen and Robert Salerno also are producers. Lisa Wilson's Parlay Films, an affiliate of GK Films, is selling international rights and will debut the project at the American Film Market. Laura Bickford ("Traffic") and Brian Young ("The Runaways") are exec producing the pic. Other upcoming Pacino proj

Katie Holmes Joins Sandler's Jack And Jill Katie Holmes is in talks to star opposite Adam Sandler and Al Pacino in " Jack and Jill ," a Columbia comedy being directed by Dennis Dugan. In the film, Jack, a family man, deals with his twin sister, Jill, when she visits for Thanksgiving then won't leave. Sandler will play both characters. Holmes would play Sandler's wife; Pacino is set to play himself. "Jack," being produced by Sandler and Happy Madison partner Jack Giarraputo with Todd Garner, is planning an October shoot. The role marks Holmes' first studio film since 2005's " Batman Begins ." In between, she took a break from acting but graced the screen in 2008's small-budgeted " Mad Money ." She has several ensemble indies in the can -- including romantic drama "The Romantics" and crime thriller " The Son of No One " -- and stars in the Guillermo del Toro-produced chiller " Don't