By | Published January 7, 2010

Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming actioner, KNOCKOUT, starring female MMA fighter Gina Carano has had some interesting developments of late. Citing sources close to the production, The Playlist has confirmed that for her big screen debut, Carano will be backed up by several acting heavyweights including Michael Fassbender (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS), Ewan MvGregor, Dennis Quaid, and Michael Douglas.

In addition, the original concept of Carano’s character being a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for good has been tossed in favor of framing KNOCKOUT as a revenge action-spy thriller. Carano will play Mallory Kane, a black ops super soldier from a reputable military family in search of the person responsible for setting her up to take the fall for a mission that goes bad.

Douglas will play a senior government official, Fassbender will be play a member of Carano’s commando unit and McGregor will fill the role of the head of a private military organization that Carano’s character is a part of.

Carano has been training for her role in L.A. for the past two months. She reportedly already knocked out a stunt coordinator during a practice session which wouldn’t be too surprising given that she has to make the difficult transition from real-life fighting to choreographed film fighting.

Production is expected to begin next month. Lionsgate is considering a release in August, 2011.

Source: The Playlist via Cinematical

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  • Julie

    HAHAHAHA!!!! She knocked out a stunt coordinator!! I can't wait to see this film. I think Carano has great charisma and can make a smooth transition to Hollywood. Attaching herself to names like Soderbergh, Douglas and McGregor won't hurt!

  • howdee

    wow this is either going to be good or bad with this plot line
    hopefully she has no dialoge is this film like the way the new universal soldier movie was done with Andrei Arlovski

  • http://www.wirthconsulting.org Kraak Mo

    Sounds promising but I wonder if simply adding marquee names to the roster will make it a more enjoyable film. After all Hollywood has proven time and again that this isn't the case.