Los Angeles, Aug. 13 -- Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie is poised to reteam with her "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" collaborator Doug Liman for "The Initiative", an espionage thriller already sparking an intense studio scramble.
Universal Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire the project, scripted by F. Scott Fraxier (XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, Collide), reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Produced by Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum of RK Films, the banner behind recent successes "Damsel" and "Anyone But You", the film is described as "Training Day set in the world of spycraft."
The story would see Jolie playing a rogue master spy named Bright who works outside the lines (because sometimes you need someone bad to bring down people who ...