Emma Roberts Is "For The Dogs"

Emma Roberts will replace Hailee Steinfeld as the female lead in the action thriller "For The Dogs" says Deadline.

Based on author Kevin Wignall's novel and centers on a solitary assassin (Sam Worthington) who agrees to help a bright teenage girl (Roberts) exact revenge on those who mercilessly murdered her parents and younger brother.

Oren Moverman will re-write a script by Paul Leyden from which Jonathan Mostow wil direct

Worthington, Leyden, Anthony Rhulen, Navid McIlhargey, John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz will produce.