Toronto | Nelson and Norton announce new film
Edward Norton and Tim Blake Nelson announced the start of principle photography for "Leaves of Grass," written and to be directed by Nelson. Norton will play identical twins in the pic - one an Ivy league professor and the other a pot farmer. The film will also star Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss. Keri Russell is in talks to join.
"When I read the script, I said I wanted to shoot it exactly how it is," said Norton who will also take a producer title through his production company, Class 5.
Millennium, which did Nelson's "The Gray Zone," will finance.
Norton is also in Toronto for the Gala screening of Gavin O'Connor's cop drama "Pride and Glory."
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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