London, Dec 16 (IANS) Actor Nicolas Cage has been roped in to play the lead role in action thriller "Medallion" directed by Simon West.
In the film, Cage will play a former master thief who has a few hours to find his daughter who has been kidnapped and put in the back of a medallion taxi in New York City, reports contactmusic.com.
The actor is currently filming the sequel of action movie "Ghost Rider" and has a number of projects coming up next year including "Drive Angry" and "Trespass".