Lucas takes are designed for 'Duelist'

Ben C. Lucas ("Wasted around the Youthful") is striving at "The Duelist," developing board to direct Gold Circle's neo-Western. Gold Circle continues to be developing "The Duelist" because the spring, if this acquired Shawn Linden action-thriller spec and drawn on Lane Shadgett to rewrite (Daily Variety, June 21). Project's occur an subterranean realm of quick-draw gunfights with classic styles of recognition, bloodstream, unfaithfulness and redemption. Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks will produce together with first Degree Pictures' Todd Breau and Kari Hollend. Gold Circle's Scott Niemeyer will professional produce, and Guy Danella will co-produce and oversee. Lucas made his feature debut on Australian thriller "Wasted around the Youthful," starring Oliver Ackland ("The Proposition"), Adelaide Clemens ("X-Males Roots: Wolverine") and Alex Russell ("Wheeler Boys"). Our prime-school drama follows the storyplot of two siblings -Body awesome kid and something geek -- who're placed subject to their classmates' opinion following a distressing event in a party teams of a series result of fatal occasions. Lucas is repped by CAA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com