Washington, Oct. 23 -- : Actor and former wrestler John Cena is currently in negotiations to star in Pierre Morel's action-comedy film 'Freelance', which Stuart Ford's AGC will be selling at the upcoming virtual American Film Market.

According to Deadline, Endurance Media's Steve Richards will produce the project alongside Sentient Entertainment's Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin. Endurance will co-finance with AGC, while UTA and ICM would handle it domestically.

'Freelance', which is budgeted in the USD 40 million range, follows a special forces operator (Cena) who decides to retire from the Army and start a family back in the states. After several years of mortgage payments, school drop-offs, backyard barbecues and trying to conform to ...