Wilson Clan in Wright Place for 80 Days
Wilsons in the wingJuly 11, 2003
By IAN MOHR
The Hollywood Reporter
Brothers Owen and Luke Wilson will wing it in Walden Media's "Around the World in 80 Days." The duo has signed on for a "Days" cameo playing the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, the American inventors who pioneered airplane flight in the early 1900s. The two are the latest in a string of names to have joined the project, which stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Jim Broadbent—including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Johnny Knoxville and Rob Schneider. Frank Coraci is directing the film, which follows the high-flying adventures of Phileas Fogg (Coogan), Passepartout (Chan) and the characters they meet on a trip around the world. Hal Lieberman and Bill Badalato are producing. Repped by UTA, Owen Wilson previously starred with Chan in Buena Vista Pictures' "Shanghai Noon" and "Shanghai Knights." Luke Wilson is repped by CAA.
