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Will Smith to join "Greenbacks"
POSTED ON 04/12/06 AT 2:30 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

Variety reports that Will Smith will join 20th Century Fox's "Greenbacks," a film which is based on a pitch by Doug Cook and David Weisberg ("The Rock") Smith will co-produce with James Lassiter.

The action thriller set in Morocco tells of an American ex-patriot who comes across an underground plot to produce counterfeit money to destabilize the world's economy.