Richard Gere will star in and produce Hachiko: A Dog’s Story, a drama that will begin production in September.

Gere will play a college professor who takes in a dog he finds abandoned. Both man and hound find their lives changed forever as they form an unbreakable bond. Scripted by Stephen P. Lindsay, the project is based on a true story and inspired by the 1987 Japanese film “Hachiko monogatari.”

Gere will next be seen in the drama I’m Not There and Spring Break in Bosnia. He’s also starring with Diane Lane in Nights in Rodanthe the movie adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller for Warner Bros.

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