Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Zac Efron to Star in NARC As a College Student Turned Police Informant

Fox has picked up the life rights for true crime project, Narc, with Zac Efron (The Paperboy) set to star.  Efron will change it up from his run of rom-coms and play a college kid busted for cocaine who turns rat for the authorities.  He manages to continue his life as a student, fraternity president and lacrosse team captain, all while helping cops bust the bad guys on the downlow.  Deadline reports that Narc is being described as a college version of Donnie Brasco and that Fox will tap a screenwriter from the studio’s writers program.

Hit the jump for the latest news on the crime picture, Travis McGee, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.