Charlize Theron is in talks to star in The Tourist with Tom Cruise. The film is a remake of the 2005 French Thriller Anthony Zimmer.  Bharat Nalluri is set to direct the Julian Fellowes script, a drama about a female Interpol agent (Theron) who uses an American tourist (Cruise) in an attempt to seek out a difficult criminal to catch with whom she once had a romance.

If all goes well filming starts in March. Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote the upcoming Cruise film Valkyrie, is polishing up the script.

Nalluri is a versatile director who’s worked in television and film. He most recently directed the HBO film Tsunami: The Aftermath and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.