Zac Efron To Star As Cocaine Smuggler 'Snabba Cash' Remake

Zac Efron is attached to star in a remake of "Snabba Cash," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Efron's new Production Company will oversee the film, and Efron will act as producer, along with manager Jason Barrett. Atlas Entertainment's Charles Roven and Richard Suckle are producing along with original producer Fredrik Wikstrom. Michael Hjorth will executive produce.

The film, a Swedish property that saw a heavy Hollywood bidding war, has landed at Warner Bros.

THR reports that "Snabba Cash" is based on a novel by Jens Lapidus and was a major hit in its home country this year. The thriller follows three interconnected storylines involving drugs and organized crime, with the main character a young man (Efron) who hopes to strike it rich quickly by becoming a runner for a cocaine dealer.

Zac Efron was born and raised in Northern California. One of Hollywood's most promising young talents, his career in film and television continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects. Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Zac quickly attracted attention and became the breakout star of the Emmy Award®-winning Disney Channel phenomenon "High School Musical." He reprised his role as Troy Bolton, head of the basketball team, in "High School Musical 2," which broke cable TV records as it garnered 17.5 million viewers, and again in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year", which grossed in excess of $250 million at cinemas worldwide. His other television credits include a recurring role on the WB series "Summerland" and guest-starring roles on "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," "ER," "The Guardian" and "C.S.I. Miami". He made his feature film debut in the box-office hit "Hairspray", for which he won an MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film won the Critics Choice award for Best Ensemble and the cast was also nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award. Most recently he starred alongside Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann in the film "17 Again," a "Big"-like dramedy in which a 36-year-old man wakes up in the body of a high school senior. Zac starred on stage in the musical "Gypsy" and has appeared in productions of "Peter Pan," "Mame," "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man". Efron was recently seen in "Me and Orson Welles". His current projects include "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud" for writer/director Burr Steers.

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