Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage to co-star for first time in Trespass

Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman: production of Trespass is scheduled to begin in Louisiana in August. Photograph: FilmMagic/Luca Ghidoni/Rex Features

Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage are to play a married couple taken hostage in the action adventure Trespass, according to Variety, marking the first occasion that the two actors have taken starring roles in the same film. Joel Schumacher is in line to take the reins on the project.

 

The screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Eli Richbourg centres on a couple seized by a brutal gang out to secure easy cash for their return. Everything is not as it seems, however, and the unexpected discovery of betrayal and deception causes further complications. It will be one of Kidman's first films following a break from acting due to the birth of her daughter Sunday Rose. Producers are hoping to start production in Louisiana in August.

 

Meanwhile, Cage is in early talks to star in a second Ghost Rider film. The sequel to Mark Steven Johnson's 2007 comic book movie about a stunt motorcyclist who gains supernatural powers after making a deal with the devil could be filmed by Crank's Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who are also in talks. Plot details are under wraps, but the movie looks set to be titled Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. The first film was received poorly by the critics, but garnered a more-than-respectable $228m at the global box office.

 

Kidman will be seen next in drama Rabbit Hole, with Aaron Eckhart, and also has rom-com Just Go With It on her slate for early 2011.