Now, however, comes a new A-list name to be linked to the project: Tom Hanks is noted to be “looking seriously” at taking one of the lead roles, which would be one of five male leads of various age who are at the center of the pic, a “Traffic”-esque tale set in the notorious, crime-ridden border region between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay known as ‘la triple frontera’ — Bigelow and Boal are pictured above at the eponymous falls on the Iguazu river, whose convergence with the Parana river separates the three countries.

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As we previously noted, Bigelow is teaming up once again with ‘Locker’ screenwriter Mark Boal for her next project “Triple Frontier” which Bigelow says, “Takes place in South America in a region called the Triple Frontier, it’s where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet.

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