Los Angeles, Nov 12 (IANS): Actors Frank Grillo and Maggie Q will star in a dramatic thriller "Cutman".

The film will be directed by Michael Mailer and written by Tiffany Heath.

Grillo will play an over-the-hill boxer who begins working as the muscle for a local gangster. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets a young girl whose mother is a heroin addict (essayed by Maggie Q), reports variety.com

Michael Mailer Films will produce in partnership with Bluegrass Pictures, Digital Ignition Entertainment and Tremendous Entertainment. The producers include Mailer, Joel Shapiro, Scott Kluge and Alessandro Penazzi, and the executive producers are Angela Ceccio, Michael Clofine and Jeff Elliott.

Grillo was most recently seen in the action thriller "Point Blank", opposite Anthony Mackie. He is also seen in "Black and Blue" and recently wrapped production on "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard".

Maggie Q's upcoming movies include the mystery thriller "Death of Me", alongside Luke Hemsworth, and Robert Schwartzman's film "The Argument" based on the popular 1980s TV series "Fantasy Island" with Lucy Hale and Michael Pena.