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In 2004, Sean Connery was enjoying his retirement. $17.5 million almost changed his mind
Sean Connery, who had retired from acting after a difficult experience making *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*, briefly considered returning for the heist film *Josiah’s Canon*. The project was announced in 2004 with Connery attached for a reported $17.5 million, but he later left, and the film has never been made.
The article says the role would have cast Connery as a Holocaust survivor who becomes a master thief and plans a Swiss bank robbery. The script had been in development since 1996, with several directors and actors previously linked; Brett Ratner later planned a Prague shoot for February 2005. Connery instead chose to work on a memoir, while his departure left the production stalled.
In short
- Connery considered a return for *Josiah’s Canon* in 2004.
- His reported fee was $17.5 million.
- The film remains unmade after his departure.