World Wrestling Entertainment and Fox Atomic have teamed up to make the action-packed feature 12 Rounds. According to Variety, Renny Harlin will direct the action picture that is set to star John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen and Brian White.

12 Rounds centers on a New Orleans police detective (Cena) whose girlfriend is kidnapped. Daniel Kunka wrote the screenplay to the action-packed feature, which will be produced by Mark Gordon, Josh McLaughlin and WWE Films' Michael Lake.

Production for 12 Rounds is scheduled to begin February 25th on location in New Orleans.