Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie team up for action film 'Maude v Maude'

Los Angeles: Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie are teaming up for an action-thriller movie from ‘Warner Bros’.

According to the entertainment news outlet ‘Deadline’, ‘Warner Bros’ landed the project, titled "Maude v Maude", following an intense multi-studio bidding war.

New Zealand filmmaker Roseanne Liang, known for movies such as "My Wedding and Other Secrets" and "Shadow in the Cloud", will direct the film from a script by Scott Mosier.

Though the plot details have been kept under wraps, the project is being touted as a "Bond vs. Bourne" type of a global action thriller with locations to be announced.

Berry and Jolie, who will be seen together for the first time, are also producing the movie. Other producers include Berry’s producing partner Holly Jeter via their banner ‘HalleHolly’, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth of ‘RK Films’.

The two Hollywood stars have worked on some of the biggest action titles of the past 25 years.

Berry has featured in movies such as "Die Another Day", "X-Men" movies, "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" and "Bruised".

Jolie is known for action films such as "Tomb Raider" movies, "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", "Wanted", "Salt" and "Eternals".