Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has signed on to join actors Antonio Banderas and Martin Sheen in 'The 33', which is based on the rescue of 33 Chilean miners after 69 days in 2010.
The film will mark Lopez's first big-screen role since starring opposite Jason Statham in this year's action-thriller 'Parker', the Hollywood Reporter said.
Mike Medavoy is producing the ensemble film while 'La Misma Luna' fame Patricia Riggen is directing from a screenplay written by Mikko Alanne and Jose Rivera.
In 2011, Medavoy bagged the rights to the 33 miners, whose remarkable rescue from the San Jose Mine hit headlines worldwide.
The miners were trapped half a mile beneath the Earth's surface. Banderas is playing the role of Mario Sepulveda, the charismatic miner nicknamed "Super Mario". Sheen will play a miner's father, while Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro is tackling the role of a trapped miner.
