Rob to star in"Remember Me"

Rob has been cast as the lead for Summit's newest project which they will be presenting the movie to potential buyers at Cannes this year.

Pattinson is starring in Remember Me which is shooting this summer in New York while the actor is between Twilight sequels New Moon, which wraps at the end of May, and Eclipse, which starts in August.

Allen Coulter, the award-winning TV director (The Sopranos, Damages) who made his feature debut with Hollywoodland in 2006, is directing the film and Nick Osborne and Trevor Engelson of Underground Films (License To Wed) are producing.

Summit co-chairman and CEO Patrick Wachsberger wouldn’t go into too much detail on the plot but described the film as this generation’s Love Story. A female lead is in the process of being cast, while Rachel Getting Married writer Jenny Lumet has finished the latest draft of the screenplay.”

FYI: Itsthe earlier discussed Memoirs film, but the name was changed.

Synopsis:

"It revolves around two lovers whose budding relationship is threatened by their individual family tragedies. Each will deal with a loss in their families, and together, will end up healing the hurt these have caused. "