Patti LuPone, Nick Nolte, and Emma Booth Join 'Parker' Cast

Nick Nolte, Patti LuPone and Emma Booth have joined the cast of action-thriller "Parker," according to Variety. They will be joining the previously casted Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce and Clinton Collins, Jr.

Incentive Filmed Entertainment, Sierra Pictures and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are partnered on "Parker." Producers are Les Alexander, Jonathan Mitchell, Steven Chasman, Sidney Kimmel and Taylor Hackford.

Production began on Thursday in New Orleans with Taylor Hackford directing. "Parker" was adapted by John J. McLaughlin and is based on Donald Westlake's novel about a thief who is sometimes forced to kill, but who still lives by a code of honor and never steals from people who need it.

Lopez plays a real estate agent and Nolte will play Parker's mentor.

"Parker" is set to be released on October 12, 2012.

Statham will be seen next in "Killer Elite," and Lopez is currently shooting "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Nolte's in "Warrior," opening Sept. 9.
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Patti LuPone was last seen on Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. She last won a Tony Award for her performance as Rose in Gypsy. LuPone's memorable performances on the New York musical stage include Vera Simpson in the City Center Encores! production of Pal Joey, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, (1988 Drama Desk Award, Tony nomination), The Cradle Will Rock, Nancy in Oliver!, Evita (1980 Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Working and Rosamund in The Robber Bridegroom (1976 Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations). In London, she created the role of Fantine in the RSC production of Les Miserables, a role she subsequently played on the West End. For that performance, as well as the reprise of her performance in the London production of The Cradle Will Rock, she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Miss LuPone created the role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1994 Olivier nomination), and recreated her Broadway performance of Maria Callas in the West End production of Master Class.

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