Emily Blunt has signed on for a new project at Amazon that will see her re-team with Dwayne Johnson's production company for a movie about Pinkerton detective Kate Warne.
Deadline reports that Blunt will star as Warne, the first female to become a detective at the Pinkerton Agency, for a new action-adventure movie centered around the real-life sleuth, who is dubbed "a female Sherlock Holmes," spotlighting how she "paved the way for future women in law enforcement and forever changed how detective work was done."
As well as starring in the picture, Blunt will serve as a producer under her own Ledbury Productions banner alongside Dwayne Johnson, Hiram Garcia, and Dany Garcia via Seven Bucks, with Kimberly Bialek overseeing the project. Kristina Sorensen will also produce via Kristina Sorensen Productions. Gustin Nash will write the script and executive produce.
Amazon Studios is said to have acquired the Kate Warne movie from a "highly competitive" situation. It comes hot on the heels of the recent box office success of Jungle Cruise, starring Blunt and Johnson. The movie sailed its way to a US box office win, earning $34.2 million in its opening weekend, plus $30 million on Disney+ and $27.6 million at the international box office.
IGN's review of Disney's Jungle Cruise called it "a joyous summer romp rooted by a fun script and some completely captivating chemistry between stars Johnson and Blunt," though we noted, "the mythology elements don't always work, and some of the villains fizzle, but whenever the leads are on screen, including Jack Whitehall, the film finds its heart and soul."
For more, take a behind-the-scenes look at some of the movie's action scenes, watch an extended clip of Blunt's daring escape, and then see how the cast fared in our jungle quiz.
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