The Wrong stuff

Vancouver – After some hemming and hawing, movie star Harrison Ford finally thinks Vancouver has the right elements and is bringing his new feature The Wrong Element to ‘discount city,’ with production running Jan. 24 to April 22.

The Village Roadshow/Warner Bros. thriller, in which Ford is forced to steal the $37 million he’s protecting to pay a ransom for his wife and daughter, costars Paul Bettany (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).

Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon) directs the Joe Forte (Say I Do) script, with local Brent O’Connor acting as an executive producer. Ian Edwards

Montreal gets Lucky

Montreal – Ben Kingsley, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis are in Montreal shooting Lucky Number Slevin, a feature from U.S.-based Ascendant Pictures, Capitol Films and FilmEngine. Shooting started in and around Montreal Jan. 5, with plans to wrap Feb. 24.

The service shoot, directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Jason Smilovic, is about a man (Hartnett) who gets mixed up in the murder plot of a New York City crime boss (Kingsley) as a result of mistaken identity. Christopher Eberts produces with Kia Jam, Tyler Mitchell, Anthony Rhulen, Robert Kravis and Chris Roberts. Additional stars include Rose Byrne and Lucy Liu. Laura Bracken