New drama for Zeta and Douglas
Catherine Zeta Jones is teaming up with husband Michael Douglas for a new movie, it has emerged.
US trade newspaper Variety claims the couple, who appeared in a London courtroom yetserday to give evidence in their legal battle against Hello! magazine, will star in Monkeyface, a racetrack heist thriller.
The film will be produced by Laura Bickford, who made the film Traffic with the pair, and directed by Stephen Frears.
Shooting is due to begin in Miami in September.
The film's title is the name of a horse and the script revolves around cheating a racetrack, with Douglas and Zeta Jones playing conniving hustlers.
Zeta Jones is expected to win a best supporting actress Oscar nomination tomorrow after gaining rave reviews for her singing and dancing role in Chicago.
Monkeyface will be the first film she makes after giving birth to the couple's second child, due in April.
Douglas recently completed the movie It Runs In The Family with his father Kirk, mother Diana and son Cameron.
