Tony Winner George C. Wolfe Will Direct Michael Caine & Samuel L. Jackson in Harry and the Butler Film

Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe (Lucky Guy, The Normal Heart, Caroline, or Change) is set to direct two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine and Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson in the New Orleans-set film Harry and the Butler. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wolfe is expected to begin filming on location in Louisiana in the spring of 2014. No additional casting has yet been announced.

Written by Damian F. Slattery, Harry and The Butler is based on the Danish film Harry og Kammertjeneren and tells the story of Harry (Jackson), a one-time jazz virtuoso living in The Big Easy who has given up on his dreams and now works as a mechanic and sleeps in a converted train caboose. When his former mentor bequeaths him a large sum of money, Harry, in a drunken celebration, decides to hire himself an aging, down-on-his-luck English butler (Caine)—an act of impetuous generosity that changes their lives forever.

Harry and the Butler marks a return to the Crescent City for both Caine and Jackson. Caine most recently shot the magic-themed thriller Now You See Me in NOLA, and Jackson shot both Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Spike Lee's forthcoming Oldboy in town. Wolfe won Tony Awards for his direction of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk and his film credits include Nights in Rodanthe and You're Not You.