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Efron will also produce the movie with Jason Barrett, Kevin McCormick and David Klawans, reports Variety.
Max Borenstein is writing the script, based on Joshuah Bearman's Wired magazine article about a seemingly ordinary man who leads a double life as a conman and executes elaborate heists.
Warner Bros is behind the project.
Efron currently stars in drama Charlie St. Cloud.
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