Zoe Saldana Goes To "Columbiana"

Zoe Saldana ("The Losers," "Star Trek") is in negotiations to join the Luc Besson-produced drama "Columbiana" says Heat Vision.

According to Heat Vision: Zoe Saldana is in early negotiations to star in "Colombiana," a drama that Luc Besson is producing under his Europa Corp. The project is slated for late-summer start with Olivier Megaton ("Transporter 3") directing.

Saldana will play a stone-cold assassin who commits contract killings for her uncle's company by day. On her time off though, she commits vigilante murders in the hope of finding the mobster responsible for her parents' murder, which she witnessed as a child in Bogota, Columbia.

Saldana soared to fame in the past year by starring in "Avatar" and "Star Trek." Her other recent credits include "The Losers" and "Death at a Funeral." I really think Saldana is great, and she has been for a while.

A few years ago she starred in the film “Haven” which was grossly underrated and her past few roles in “Star Trek” and “The Losers” proved she was ready for some more action roles. Teaming with Besson should only help establish her as one of the most badass babes in Hollywood.

Besson and Robert Mark Kamen wrote the script while Olivier Megaton ("Transporter 3") will helm the project, which begins filming later this summer.