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Film News: Film unit nabs action-thriller spec script — Endgame Entertainment has nabbed the action-thriller spec “Layover.”

Film News: Thesp to topline action-thriller — Pic about genetic engineering and a religious sect known as the Shadow of the Cross.

Film News: John Singleton to helm and produce action thriller —
John Singleton has signed on to direct and produce the action thriller “Layover.”

Film News: West to direct, produce ‘Protection’ —
Dwayne Johnson will topline indie action thriller “Protection.”

Film News: English-language action-thriller budgeted at $4 million — Maria Ripoll (“Tortilla Soup,” “Your Life in 65″) is attached to direct “Hitsville,” an English-language action-thriller set up at Madrid’s Intuition Films, Kanzaman and 6 Sales and Mexico’s Fractal Communications.

Film News: Val Kilmer action thriller is its first feature pickup — Newly minted Inception Media Group has bought U.S. rights to action thriller “2:22.”

Film News: Owen, Statham to star in military thriller — Clive Owen will star opposite Jason Statham in action-thriller “The Killer Elite.”

Film News: Actors topline indie action-thriller for North by Northwest — Cuba Gooding Jr. and Cole Hauser are starring in indie action-thriller “The Hit List” for North by Northwest Prods.

Film News: Gibson thriller, Mouse romance vie to unseat epic — Mel Gibson returns to the domestic B.O. this weekend after an eight-year hiatus in front of the camera to topline Warner Bros.’ action/thriller “Edge of Darkness,” opening wide at 3,066 screens, while Disney rolls out its first release of the year, “When in Rome.”

Film News: Banderas, Paxton join Soderbergh film — Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton are joining the cast of Steven Soderbergh’s action-thriller “Knockout”