Amber Heard (The Rum Diary, Paranoia), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) have signed on for EuropaCorp and Relativity Media's "Untitled Thriller" project, starring  Kevin Costner (The Bodyguard, Dances With Wolves, Open Range).

McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) directs the  action tale from a screenplay by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter) and Adi Hasak (From Paris With Love). The film is currently in production in Paris and will continue in Serbia, where it will wrap on April 22.

Collaborating with McG behind the scenes is a creative below-the-line team including  director of photography Thierry Arbogast (The Fifth Element), production designer Sébastien Inizan (Taken 2), sound editor Stéphane Bucher (Taken 2), costume designer Olivier Bériot (Taken) and editor Audrey Simonaud (Taken 2).

This dark, comic action film tells the story of a secret service agent who’s agreed to return from retirement for one last mission - in exchange for access to an experimental drug that could save his life. Hallucinatory, narcoleptic action ensues as he tries to complete the mission while battling the side effects of the drug. 

The film is being produced by EuropaCorp’s Besson and Relativity’s CEO, Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter). Marc Libert (Lockout) and Relativity’s President, Tucker Tooley (Immortals) will executive produce.

This marks the second of two films that EuropaCorp and Relativity will collaborate on as a part of a co-production and co-financing deal that was announced in May. The deal also includes the darkly comedic action film currently-titled Malavita (in theatres October 18, 2013) directed by Besson and starring Oscar Winner Robert De Niro (Limitless, Heat), Oscar Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Dark Shadows, People Like Us), Oscar Winner Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men, Men in Black), Dianna Agron (Glee, I Am Number Four) and John D’Leo (The Wrestler, Wanderlust).

Heard was represented by WME and Media Talent Group in her deal and Steinfeld was represented by ICM and Anonymous Content. Nielsen was represented by UTA and Principal Entertainment.