 Frances McDormand will co-star with Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' big-screen live-action adaptation of the futuristic MTV toon series "Aeon Flux", to be directed by Karyn Kusama ("Girlfight").
McDormand will portray the Handler in the film, produced by MTV Films along with Valhalla Productions, in association with Lakeshore Entertainment. Filming is slated to begin in August in Berlin for a 2005 release.
The script, written by Phil Hay ("Crazy/Beautiful") and Matt Manfredi ("The Tuxedo"), is set 1,000 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the population save for one city. The acrobatic title character is the top operative in an underground rebellion, but when sent on a mission to kill the government's leader, she uncovers a secret making her question if she's on the right side.
McDormand, who won an actress Oscar for "Fargo", will portray the leader of the rebellion. The series was created by Peter Cheung.
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