Milla Jovovich leads Adrian Grünberg's 'Protector', production set for winter

Milla Jovovich is set to star in the action-thriller Protector directed by Adrian Grünberg whose credit's include Rambo: Last Blood and Get the Gringo) and is written by Bong-Seeb Mun.

Production is scheduled to begin this winter in New Mexico on the film, which follows former war hero Nikki (Jovovich) who embarks on a peaceful life with her daughter. When Chloe is kidnapped, Nikki goes on a race against time to rescue her daughter.
 
Protector is produced by Kenneth Kim, Bang-Ok Joo, Bong-Seeb Mun for Aanaxion Studio, Ceasar Richbow and Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier for Highland Film Group. Also producing is martial artist, stuntman and stunt coordinator Ho-Sung Pak of Bullet Train, who also serves as the film’s stunt coordinator.
 
Highland Film Group is co-financing Protector and handling worldwide rights, launching sales at the American Film Market.

Its current slate also includes Chuck Russell’s horror-thriller Witchboard, Justin Chadwick’s action thriller Sierra Madre starring Kiefer Sutherland; the action crime thriller Wardriver starring Dane DeHaan and Sasha Calle; John Stalberg, Jr.’s Muzzle: City of Wolves starring Aaron Eckhart; Allan Ungar’s action-comedy London Calling starring Josh Duhamel and Jeremy Ray Taylor; and Joe Carnahan’s survival thriller Not Without Hope starring Zachary Levi and Josh Duhamel.