Friday, February 07, 2014

Ronda Rousey Will Kick Ass In Athena Project & "Entourage" Film

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ronda Rousey has signed on for two high-profile films-an adaptation of author Brad Thor's novel "The Athena Project" and the upcoming film adaptation of the HBO series "Entourage" says Variety.


The action in the novel follows a top secret, all-female Delta Force counter-terrorism team sent in to hunt and kill a master terrorist after a bombing in Rome. The situation turns out to be far more complicated.

"Athena Project" is still looking for a writer to pen the adapted script--thus it will be in development for some time. Rousey agreed to do the project before a studio became involved.

Rousey will shoot her role in the "Entourage" movie in mid-March as one of the female leads.

Series creator Doug Ellin wrote the script from which he is due to direct. The film would continue to follow the Hollywood lives of actor Vincent Chase, his manager and agent, his under-appreciated TV actor brother and the childhood pal/driver who form his inner circle. The story starts six months after the TV series left off.

Deals to return have been reached with the entire cast - Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, and Jeremy Piven

Billy Bob Thornton will play a billionaire cowboy-turned-film financier who sends his twenty-something son to keep an eye on things on set of the latest flick he’s financing - Vincent Chase's upcoming big-budget Dracula movie.

Perrey Reeves is to reprise her role of Melissa Gold, the long-suffering high-society wife of Ari. Constance Zimmer will return as Dana Gordon, an abrasive movie executive who often butted heads with Ari and, at one time, dated him. Rex Lee will reprise the role of Lloyd, the gay Chinese-American assistant to super agent Ari

Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton would play Chase's girlfriend in the pic.

The movie is currently shooting around Los Angeles.

Rousey already filmed roles last Fall in both "The Expendables 3" and James Wan's Fast & Furious 7 getting great word of mouth about her work in both movies.

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