Don't think this will help her improve her fighting at all, but at least she should get a good pay day and help her career outside of MMA.

 

Director Steven Soderbergh has committed to next direct "Knockout," a spy thriller that will mark the screen starring debut of Gina Carano, the mixed martial arts circuit fighter.

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Scripted by Lem Dobbs, "Knockout" casts Carano as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is given a second chance to use her skills for constructive purposes. The film is a closer cousin to "La Femme Nikita" and "Kill Bill" than "Million Dollar Baby," in that it doesn't take place in the fighting ring. Soderbergh considers the film as a flat-out actioner in the James Bond mold and will shoot in locations around the world that include Ireland, Turkey and the U.S.

 

The MMA circuit is where Soderbergh discovered Carano, a lightweight division slugger with movie star good looks. The Muay Thai-trained fighter suffered her first loss in a title fight last month, but she is considered the face of the fledgling women's mixed martial arts fighting circuit.

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008212.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2563