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Exclusive: Activist Artists Management has tapped literary manager Jon Kanak to work alongside the firm’s talent department.

Based at Los Angeles headquarters, he will continue to focus on representing writers and directors as well as concentrate on Activist’s film and TV development and packaging.

Last year, Kanak set up several projects, including Reset (Paramount) and Anima & Saci (Hindsight Media).

Activist’s roster of clients now includes Marcus Kryler & Fredrik Akerstrom, Nate Atkins, Bill Marsilli, Jason Zada (The Forest), Philippe Van Leeuw (In Syria), Jay Longino and Justin Kreutzmann (Long Strange Trip) among others.

Kanak will also be representing the works of The New York Times Best Seller, Stephen Frey (The Chairman), as well as international best-selling authors Richard Doetsch (The 13th Hour) and Patricia Dunn (Rebels by Accident).

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Milla Jovovich has made quite a fun career out of starring in sci-fi action thrillers. She's got a new project in development called Hummingbird in which she will play an assassin. The script for the film was written by John McClain, and it must have been good because it was on the Black List of best-unproduced screenplays. But... Paul W.S. Anderson is rewriting the script, so I'm sure he'll manage to ruin a perfectly good script. Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström will direct the film. The previously directed the cinematic content for the video game Battlefield I.

The film is said to be in the same vein of Lucy and the Bourne films. According to Deadline, "the story centers on a female assassin whose latest mark catapults her on a journey of shocking self-discovery."

Olivia Munn was previously attached to the project, but I think Jovovich is a much better fit for it.

Milla Jovovich will star in the action-thriller Hummingbird as a female black-ops assassin, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Described as in the vein of Lucy, the story follows an assassin whose latest mark forces her to confront her true identity. Jovovich replaces Olivia Munn, who in turn boarded the project when Zoe Saldana left the film.

John McClain wrote the script, which was on the 2016 version of The Black List. Lionsgate is handling international sales and will shop the project to buyers this month at the Berlin International Film Market. The Swedish directing team of Marcus Kryler...

Exclusive: Milla Jovovich has come aboard to star in sci-fi action thriller Hummingbird, from the Black List script by John McClain. Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström are directing with Paul W.S. Anderson penning a revision. Fundamental Films is producing alongside Broken Road Productions. Lionsgate is handling international sales. UTA and CAA are co-repping domestic. In the vein of Lucy and the Bourne films, the story centers on a female assassin whose latest mark…...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired the feature pitch Reset, to be directed by Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerstrom. Sean Finegan will write. The plot is being kept under wraps, but is being described as a blend of horror and science fiction centered on a mother and daughter who uncover a startling secret. The project is based on Kryler/Akerstrom’s short film of the same name. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian will produce alongside Jon Kanak, who manages…...

It looks like Olivia Munn (The Predator) is replacing Zoe Saldana in the action thriller Hummingbird. Deadline Hollywood reports that the substitution came after Saldana experienced scheduling conflicts due to her commitments on the Avatar sequels.

Hummingbird tells the story of a female black-ops assassin (Munn) whose latest mark forces her to confront her true identity. It's directed by Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström from a Black List script by John McClain.

Munn is known for her roles as Psylocke in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men: Apocalypse and her role in the HBO drama Newsroom. Munn is playing Casey Bracket in The Predator, which comes out on August 3rd. She'll also be seen in Ocean's Eight, which comes out on June 22nd.

Exclusive: Olivia Munn (The Predator) is replacing Zoe Saldana in the action thriller Hummingbird, after Saldana experienced some scheduling conflicts due to the Avatar sequels. Directed by Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström from a Black List script by John McClain, the story is about a female black-ops assassin (Munn) whose latest mark forces her to confront her true identity. The script is in the vein of the highly successful actioner Lucy. Fundamental's Mark Gao and…...

In Guardians Of The Galaxy, Zoe Saldana plays Gamora, “the deadliest woman in the galaxy,” and now she’s taking those talents to a new action-thriller called Hummingbird. That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter, which says Saldana will star in the film as “a female black-ops assassin” who has to “confront her true identity” while on a mission. Hummingbird is being directed by Swedish filmmakers Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerstrom, who previously directed the “cinematic content” for the video game Battlefield 1. Also, the script was written by a guy named John McClaine, which is a very a good name to have if you’re making action movies (even if it is spelled wrong).

We don’t know much else about Hummingbird, but THR does compare it to Luc Besson’s 2014 film Lucy, which is a reasonably good sign.

Zoe Saldana has been set to star in Hummingbird, the action thriller to be directed by Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström from a Black List script by John McClain. Fundamental Films picked up rights to the project in October and will finance and produce with Broken Road Productions. Good Universe will handle international sales beginning at next week’s European Film Market in Berlin. UTA and CAA are co-repping domestic. The story centers on a female black-ops assassin…...

Zoe Saldana will star in the action-thriller Hummingbird as a female black-ops assassin.

John McClain wrote the script, which was on the 2016 version of The Black List. Good Universe is handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers this month at the Berlin Film Market. UTA and CAA will be co-repping domestic.

Described as in the vein of Lucy, the story follows an assassin whose latest mark forces her to confront her true identity.

The Swedish directing team of Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerstrom are helming.

Fundamental’s Mark Gao and Gregory Ouanhon are producing the project with...

Fundamental Films will fully finance and produce the feature alongside Broken Road Productions.

Hummingbird is based on John McClain’s Black List script about in the vein of global smash Lucy about a female black-ops assassin whose latest mark forces her to confront her true identity.

Swedish directing team Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström, who recently made the cinematic content for the Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1 video game, will direct.

Fundamental’s Mark Gao and Gregory Ouanhon are producing the project with Todd Garner for Broken Road Productions.

Fundamental’s Gary Glushon will serve as executive producer on Hummingbird with Broken Road’s Jeremy Stein, alongside Saldana (pictured in Colombiana) through her Cinestar Pictures.

UTA and CAA jointly co-represent Us rights.

Managers Daniel Pancotto and Jon Kanak, who have been helping lead the expansion of Magnet Management, have just been promoted. Pancott, who represents Tom Cavanaugh from CW’s The Flash and Jonathan Sadowski from Young and Hungry, has been named Head of Talent at the firm, while Kanak has been named Head of International. Pancotto also reps breakout Flash star Carlos Valdes. Kanak reps Marcus Kryler & Fredrik Akerstrom (Hummingbird, Battlefield One), Tom Daley (Tiger House…...

Exclusive: Fundamental Films has come out in front of a competitive field to acquire Hummingbird, an action thriller spec by John McClain that is said to be in the vein of John Wick and Lucy. The pic centers on a female black-ops assassin who discovers she's more than just a hired gun but an entirely new breed of weapon. Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Akerström, who recently directed the cinematic content for the latest installment of Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1 video game…...