Michael Vartan Dating Zoe Saldana in COLOMBIANA

Actor Michael Vartan has signed on to join actress Zoe Saldana in the upcoming action movie “Colombiana.” The film was co-written and will be produced by Frenchman Luc Besson with Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) set to direct the film.

Saldana stars in the film as a woman leading a double life. As a youngster she witnessed the murder of her parents at the hands of mobsters, leading her to becoming a hitwoman later in life. By night she embarks on a series of revenge killings in search of those responsible for her parents’ death. Vartan has been cast as Saldana’s boyfriend in the film. He has no idea what she does for a living and represents her lone attachment to a normal life. Robert Mark Kamen and Besson wrote the script together, reteaming after successful endeavors with “The Fifth Element,” “Transporter,” and “Taken.”

Vartan has previously starred on the big screen in “Monster-In-Law” and “Rogue.” He currently stars on the TNT series “Hawthorne.”