Deadline reports this weekend that Lionsgate will close a deal with Lakeshore to distribute Peppermintworldwide.
The Chad St. John-scripted action film that will be directed by Pierre Morel, with several top actresses mentioned as potential leads for this, including Suicide Squad‘s Margot Robbie.
The high-action revenge premise has gotten the film likened to John Wick, with a female protagonist.
“When her husband and daughter are gunned down in a drive-by, the heroine wakes up from a coma and spends years learning to become a lethal killing machine. On the 10th anniversary of her family’s death, she targets everyone she holds responsible, the gang that committed the act, the lawyers that got them off, and the corrupt cops that enabled the murderous incidents.”
Watch for casting news very soon.