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Snatching up a handful of notable names in acting field, Focus Features has listed Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, and Jeremie Renier as the cast members for its new project "In Bruges."

Scheduled to start filming next month in Bruges, Belgium, pic is a darkly comic tale of two hitmen, played by Farrell and Gleeson, whose views on life and death get skewed when they become entangled with locals, tourists and a film shoot in the city.

Directing matters are entrusted into the hands of Martin McDonagh who is also penning the script. Meanwhile, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin will both produce via their Blueprint Pictures with Tessa Ross, Jeff Abberley, and Julia Blackman serving as executive producers.