Reilly turns Red

John C. Reilly and Mary Louise Parker have signed on co-star with Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the upcoming action flick RED. Based on the Warren Ellis comic, the film will star Willis as a former black-ops agent who must deal with a younger crop of assassins who show up to kill him. Reilly will play a fellow former agent who is paranoid that everyone is trying to kill him. Parker will play Willis' love interest, who becomes mixed up in the assassination attempts.

Earlier this week it was noted that Helen Mirren would be joining the film as a former colleague of Willis' character who has a "lethal set of skills." Robert Schwentke, who directed FLIGHTPLAN and more recently THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, will direct from a script by Jon and Erich Hoeber.

Source: THR

Extra Tidbit: "Red" was originally published in 2003.