Natalie Portman is said to be in final negotiations to topline the Wachowski brothers'
V for Vendetta, according to Variety.
An adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, action-heavy script was penned by the brothers. Their longtime first assistant director James McTeigue will make his directing debut on the movie. The Wachowskis will produce
V for Vendetta with Warners-based Silver.
Here is the teaser poster provided by the studios:
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V for Vendetta takes place in an alternate future in which Germany wins WWII and Great Britain becomes a fascist state. A terrorist freedom fighter known only as "V" begins a violent guerrilla campaign to destroy those who've succumbed to totalitarianism, and recruits a young woman he's rescued -- or possibly kidnapped --from the secret police to join him.