Washington
(ANI):
Actress/supermodel
Eva
Mendes
is
set
to
star
alongside
Scarlett
Johansson,
Samuel
L.
Jackson
and
Gabriel
Macht
in
upcoming
flick
'The
Spirit',
to
be
directed
by
Frank
Miller.
The
film
written
by
Miller
marks
the
start
of
a
multipic
pact
under
which
Lionsgate
and
Odd
Lot
Entertainment
will
co-finance
and
co-produce
together,
Variety
magazine
reports.
The
story
revolves
around
a
rookie
cop
who
fakes
his
own
death
to
fight
crime
from
the
shadows.
The
film
will
begin
shooting
in
October
at
New
Mexico's
Albuquerque
Studios.
Lionsgate
has
the
domestic
and
U.K.
rights
of
the
film
and
has
scheduled
the
film
for
a
2009
release.
Odd
Lot's
Deborah
Del
Prete
and
Gigi
Pritzker
will
produce
along
with
Michael
Uslan
of
Batfilm
Prods
while
Batfilm
co-founder
Benjamin
Melniker
and
Steve
Maier
will
be
exec
producing.