Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Sharon Stone Steps Up For "American Ultra" Role

The Wrap reports that Sharon Stone is replacing Uma Thurman, in the action comedy "American Ultra" at Lionsgate.


The story follows a stoner named Mike (Jesse Eisenberg) whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) Phoebe is upended when his past catches up with him, putting him in the line of a sight of a government operation sworn to kill him.

Stone is will play Victoria Lasseter, a Government type who spearheaded a secret program to create sleeper agents. Now that someone wants to kill her creation, she will fight to protect them.

Walton Goggins will play the role of Laugher in the film. Topher Grace will play a power-hungry CIA agent who has recently made seniority and is determined to hunt Mike down. Tony Hale John Leguizamo and  Bill Pullman also star.

Project X director Nima Nourizadeh calls action using a script from Chronicle's Max Landis.

Anthony Bregman, David Alpert and Britton Rizzio are producing the pic

Production began in New Orleans on Monday.

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