Colombian model-turned-actress Catalina Denis will play the female lead in "Brick Mansions," which is EuropaCorp and Relativity Media's English-language remake of the French action movie "District B13."
Paul Walker and David Belle of the original "District B13" star in the remake, which is being directed by Camille Delamarre.
Walker plays an undercover cop who must enter a tenement known as Brick Mansions to disarm a bomb in possession of a drug warlord, who will be played by the RZA.
Denis will play Belle's love interest.
Luc Besson is producing "Brick Mansions" with Christophe Lambert, while Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley will executive produce. Production is currently under way in Montreal.
Denis previously starred in the hit French thriller "Sleepless Night" as well as the successful French comedy "Le Mac." She's represented by Thruline Entertainment and Paris-based ACT 1.
