Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Rhys Meyers are teaming up for a new comedy, 'Whole Lotta Sole,' which is set to film in Belfast, Ireland in 2010.

'Sole' finds Rhys Meyers playing a thief whose attempt to plunder a fish market leads him to take Bacon's character hostage. Rhys Meyers has to stay one step ahead of both the police and a local gangster.

Jay Russell ('My Dog Skip') has signed on to direct a script written by Terry George ('Hotel Rwanda') and Thomas Gallagher. Russell said of the project, in part, "This is a great comedy project, not like Terry's usual political fare. It's very exciting to have one of the best young actors today, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, teamed up with one of the greats, Kevin Bacon."

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