From Variety: Well, the man is certainly eclectic. Let's hope this one has a happier ending than Moneyball.

Sounds interesting....

We all knew this was pretty much going to happen after her fight with Cyborg.

Soderbergh is an interesting filmmaker. First he makes a movie about a hooker/call girl with a real porn star, now this.

That's what I was thinking... we'll see.

I'll watch it.

Oh and this thread needs some pics:

I cant be the only one hoping we get to see a little Crush skin.

Does Gina feel her fighting days are over after her loss to Cyborg? I saw the fight and it was quite brutal, but I don't see why that would get her down. Of course there's the added attraction of making what you make in a year in several months and not risking true bodily harm!

All it takes is one fight to get her pretty face messed up. That and making a movie with Steven Soderbergh is a no-brainer.

Indeed. She has to take some time off after the fight anyway. why not make a Soderbergh film too?

January 07, 2010
McGregor, Douglas, Fassbender in Soderbergh's 'Knockout'

Steven Soderbergh promised to surround mixed martial artist Gina Carano with strong actors for her feature debut when he first spoke about his revenge spy movie “Knockout,” and he is now delivering the goods.

Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Michael Douglas are in negotiations to join the cast of the production, which is being financed by Relativity.

Written by Lem Dobbs, the story sees a female spy (Carano) working for a Blackwater-style security contractor who is betrayed by one of her teammates.

McGregor would play the owner of the company, a one-time confidant of Carano who switches allegiances.

Fassbender will play a British agent who teams up with Carano but proves untrustworthy while Douglas will play an American executive of McGregor’s company who works with her to take down the company.

The movie is scheduled to go before cameras in February in several locations around the world and will be selling at the European Film Market in Berlin. Lionsgate is distributing the movie domestically.

Fassbender, repped by WME, is coming off Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” where he played Lt. Archie Hicox. McGregor, repped by WME and United Agents, next appears in Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” while WME-repped Douglas, who worked with Soderbergh on the Oscar-winning “Traffic,” wrapped “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” last month.

This thread needs more pics of the hotness of Ms. Carano.

Nice.

Pretty decent cast for this as well.

Ewan McGregor, Dennis Quaid, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender.

At first I thought this was another of his smaller films like the Girlfriend Experience but looks like it might turn out OK, depending on Gina's acting.

Wow, an ass-kicking female that's actually hot. This will be the first Soderbergh i've looked forward to see since SOLARIS. I think he should throw in Sasha Grey into the film as well.

ONLY if it is X rated!!

Great now I it will be impossible to focus on work...

Soderbergh, at least in planning, never ever disappoints.

Two more joining Soderbergh's 'Knockout'
Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano eyeing roles in spy movie
By Borys Kit

Jan 11, 2010, 11:00 PM ET

Channing Tatum, left, and Michael Angarano (Getty)

Channing Tatum and Michael Angarano are in negotiations to join Steven Soderbergh's all-star cast of "Knockout," the revenge spy movie he's directing for Relativity.

The script by Lem Dobbs centers on a spy (mixed martial artist Gina Carano) who works for a Blackwater-style security contractor and is betrayed by one of her teammates.

Tatum, who will train with a Mossad agent in preparation for the part, will play one of the agents in her spy cell. Angarano plays a teen who sees Carano in trouble and decides to help, unwittingly ending up as her partner.

The two join Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Dennis Quaid in the production, which begins shooting next month.

The movie will take advantage of tax incentives and rebates in Spain and Ireland to make the most of its $25 million budget.

Following "Knockout," Tatum will shoot Dito Montiel's crime thriller "Son of No One" with Robert De Niro. The actor, repped by UTA and Management 360, next appears in Lasse Hallstrom's "Dear John" and has "The Eagle of the Ninth," directed by Kevin Macdonald, in the can.

UTA-repped Angarano, who appeared in David Gordon Green's "Snow Angels," recently wrapped production on Max Winkler's romantic comedy "Ceremony" with Uma Thurman.

Channing Tatum That guy sucks, hated him in GI Joe.

Wow, nothing like a good way to goon up your movie with Channing Tatum. Didn't anyone see the trailer to his Amanday Seyfried "Notebook" film? He's a bad actor period.

According to IMDB, this is now called Haywire, will be released in 2011 (currently in post-production), and co-stars Antonio Bandaras and Bill Paxton, in addition to the names listed above.

IMDB link

So I assume Paxton takes Quaid's spot?

There can never be enough Bill Paxton.

She's always been one cauliflower ear away from losing her Hollywood potential. Makes sense for her to walk away from fighting while she's at the top of her game in order to pursue acting/modeling.

Yeah and that movie sucked and it had a lot to do with a terrible acting from the main star. We'll see how far Gina can stretch her acting.

That and there's no way in hell she'll ever beat Cyborg. Might as well cash in when you can.