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"Billy Bob Thornton and Forest Whitaker are in line to star in Out of the Furnace. The two actors will appear as shady characters alongside stars Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana and Casey Affleck in the revenge drama, reports Deadline.   The film was originally bought by Relativity Media in 2008 from Brad Ingelsby under the title The Low Dweller. Out of the Furnace focuses on Slim (Bale) who ends a stint in prison with the hopes of settling down quietly with his girlfriend (Saldana). He is dragged back into the criminal underworld after his brother (Affleck) is murdered. &amp;gt; Angelina Jolie writes foreword for Billy Bob Thornton memoir &amp;gt; Billy Bob Thornton&amp;#039;s daughter given 20-year prison sentence Whitaker will play a corrupt bookie, while Thornton is in line for the main villain role previously considered by Viggo Mortensen. Ingelsby has sold another script, The Signal, to Indian Paintbrush. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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