LONDON: Actor Vince Vaughn is all set to produce and star in the big screen adaptation of Ridley Pearson’s thriller novel titled “The Risk Agent”.

The 42-year-old has teamed up with Wild West Picture Show Productions to co-produce the movie, reports contactmusic.com.

The action film will follow hostage extraction specialists Grace Chu and John Knox, who are recruited by a company called Rutherford Risk to save a Chinese national and his security agent when they are snatched from the streets of Shanghai.