After kicking major arse (and squeezing the life out of Michael Fassbender) in Haywire, Gina Carano has landed her next gig: she’ll star in John Stockwell’s action thriller In The Blood.
Bennett Yellin and James Robert Johnston wrote the script, which finds a husband disappearing while on holiday with his wife in the Caribbean. Presuming that he’s been killed, the newly minted widow strikes out to pursue his kidnappers and bring them to justice. And by justice, we’re assuming she’ll punch them in the face so hard that their teeth shatter.
“This role will showcase not only Gina’s fighting skills, but also her acting abilities as her character struggles to reign in her violent past,” Stockwell tells the Hollywood Reporter. We’re assuming that the man behind Blue Crush and** Into The Blue** was really just looking for an excuse to shoot in another tropical location. In this case, that will be Puerto Rico, where Stockwell and his team will head later this year.
While it doesn’t sound like a huge stretch for Carano (and more than a little bit like a female version of Taken), we were impressed with her in Haywire, so we’re glad to see her getting more work. Even if it isn’t the rom com she’s itching to tackle…