Emma Roberts to Star in Action-Comedy Movie "Verona Spies"

American actress Emma Roberts is in final talks to join Oscar winner Geoffrey Rushin in the action-comedy movie "Verona Spies".

Comedy veteran Frank Coraci, known for movies including The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy, will helm the project from a script by Z. LaPorte Airey and Bryan Okamoto. 

Roberts will play the title role of Verona, a loveable hot mess who, through a case of mistaken identity, is hired as an escort/assassin. 

She is tasked to steal a pharmaceutical executive formula for a revolutionary new drug that can change the world. 

However, when she meets her charmingly handsome target, sparks fly. Instead of killing him, they decide to team up and flee for their lives as Big Pharma and hired killers come for them. 

Casting for the pharma exec-come-lover is underway. Rush will play the exec’s boss, the head of the pharmaceutical company. 

Producers are Slava Vladimirov for Aperture Media Productions, Monella Kaplan, and Vincent Newman. 

Principal photography is set to begin in spring 2023.

American Horror Story star Roberts is currently in production on Sony’s Spider-Man spinoff "Madame Web" and on Amazon’s "Space Cadet".

She is also in post-production on the rom-com "Maybe I Do".