Lupita Nyong'o has been chosen by John Woo to star in a reboot of his 1989 classic 'The Killer'.
The original Hong Kong crime thriller starred Chow Yun-fat as the assassin.
Woo wants to remake the movie with a woman in the lead role.
The original movie followed an assassin who has lost all hope after accidentally blinding a singer.
Universal pictures is fast tracking the movie.
Woo is set to return to the director's chair.