Charlize Theron to Star in Paramount Crime Thriller (Exclusive)

Veteran line producer-turned-producer Ian Bryce is teaming up with Charlize Theron on an untitled crime project just set up at Paramount.

Theron is attached to star in and produce the crime thriller via her Denver and Delilah label while Bryce produces through his Paramount-based banner.

Dan Nowak, now entering his third season as a writer on AMC's acclaimed crime series The Killing, is penning the script.

The project is described as being similar in tone toThe Departed and The End of Watch and centers on a corrupt vigilante group.

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The crime thriller marks the first project set up by Bryce, who established a first-look deal with the studio in May 2012. The veteran line producer worked on all three Transformers movies for Paramount as well as the studios upcoming films Pain & Gain and World War Z.

For Theron, the Paramount pro! ject is the fourth feature grabbing her involvement in recent weeks. The actress recently signed to co-star in Seth MacFarlanes comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West and, as revealed Friday by THR, is working with director Fred Savage on Ladies Night, a comedy for Skydance.

She is also attached to star and produce an independent adaptation of the Gillian Flynn novel Dark Places.

Theron is repped by WME, One Talent Management, and Hansen Jacobson;Nowak is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and attorney David Fox.