Helen Mirren Sees ‘Red’

Oscar-winning actress to do first comic book movie.

Helen Mirren is going to do her first comic book movie.

The Oscar winner has signed to play an assassin in “Red,” Summit Entertainment’s adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries being directed by Robert Schwenke.

Mirren joins Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the tale of a former black-ops agent (Willis), now in retirement, who has to contend with younger, more high-tech assassins who show up to kill him. Mirren plays an old associate of Willis with a lethal set of skills.

Read more from the Hollywood Reporter.

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