Arnold Schwarzenegger will join fellow muscle man Sylvester Stallone starring in Summit's action thriller "The Tomb," Summit said Wednesday.
Schwarzenegger will play Church, a prison inmate who fights to keep other prisoners from losing their humanity. Stallone plays Ray Breslin, the world's foremost expert on security — who, framed for a murder he didn't commit — has to escape from a prison he designed.
Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom, who directed New Line's 2011 "The Rite" and The Weinstein Company's 2010 "Shanghai," is directing.
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Miles Chapman wrote the script, which was rewritten by Jason Keller. Brenner originally set up "The Tomb" as a spec script at Summit. The movie is scheduled to begin filming in Louisiana this spring.
The movie is an Emmett-Furla Films/Mark Canton production. Mark Canton, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Robbie Brenner and Kevin King-Templeton are producing. Emmett/Furla Films is financing.
Summit has worldwide distribution rights.
Schwarzenegger and Stallone's next movie, "The Expendables 2," is now in post-production and will be released this summer by Lionsgate.
Schwarzenegger, the movie star-turned California governor-turned movie actor, just wrapped "The Last Stand," produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.