Jessica Alba Becomes An Insider

Jessica Alba is teaming up with her Sin City director Robert Rodriguez to acquire the rights to The Insiders, a series of Belgian graphic novels. Rodriguez will be a producer on the film, and has Mabrouk El Mechri (JVCD) set to direct.
Alba will play Najah Cruz, a Columbian orphan who was raised and trained by a Medellin drug cartel family. Set to become one of the family’s soldiers, Najah disappears during th fallout of a raging family feud. When she resurfaces she is a rebel fighter who is as deadly as she is beautiful, with the weapons expertise and combat skills of a James Bond. The White House blackmails Cruz to take on a secret mission to infiltrate a global criminal organization composed of businessmen and politicians. Through this mission she becomes the bodyguard of the organization’s leader.
The Insiders first debuted in 2002 from Jean-Claude Bartoll and Renaud Garreta. The series of graphic novels encompass eight volumes that have been released in France. Recently, Cinebook has brought the first volume of the series titled Insiders: Chechen Guerrilla, to America.

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