Steven Soderbergh promised that his spy thriller Knockout would feature a killer name cast to support mixed martial arts star Gina Carano - and he wasn't kidding. Ewan McGregor, Dennis Quaid, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender have all joined the film.
The rough plot for the globe-trotting blend of Bourne and beauty finds black ops super soldier Mallory Kane (Carano) betrayed by one of her own team, launching her on a hunt for revenge.
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According to The Playlist](http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/01/exclusive-ewan-mcgregor-dennis-quaid.html), Douglas will play a shady government figure (think Chris Cooper in the Bourne films), while Fassbender will be a member of her commando spy unit and a possible candidate (along with an as-yet-unnamed fellow thesp) for one of the soldiers who stabs Mallory in the back.
McGregor, on the other hand, will be part of her post-trooper life, as the owner of a Blackwater-style private military company. He's apparently been on Soderbergh's wish list for a while now, after having to turn down work in the Ocean's films due to his Star Wars commitments.
Boasting a script by regular Soderbergh collaborator Lem Dobbs, the film - it may or may not end up being called Knockout, by the way - will shoot in New Mexico, Ireland and Turkey.