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De Niro and LaBeouf, Together at Last

Today in show business news: Bob and Shia will play father and son spies in a new movie, Mario Lopez continues his improbable employment in the post-<em>Saved by the Bell&nbsp;</em>era, and James Franco gets yet another job.

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Finally we will get the chance to see star Robert De Niro in a movie with actor Shia LaBeouf. It's the team-up we've been waiting for forever. They're both in talks to star in a caper movie called . No, not . . It's about, um, a spy's kid. Robert De Niro will play a spy and Shia LaBeouf will play his kid, so he. Does that make sense? Hopefully it does. Anyway, Shia's and director D.J. Caruso will be helming the project. But let's not get too excited. Neither De Niro or LaBeouf are fully committed, as they're waiting to read a script. Right, because clearly Bob De Niro and LaBeef are totally choosy about what scripts they do. That's been evident throughout both of their recent careers. So, yeah. This is happening. . About a spy's kid. Robert De Niro is the spy, and Shia LaBeouf is the kid. Get into it. []

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