Jackie Chan bags role in STX Entertainment's 'The Foreigner'

Washington: Jackie Chan is closing the deal to star in STX Entertainment's action thriller ' The Foreigner.'

The film, which is based on the book 'The Chinaman' by Stephen Leather, revolves around a modest restaurant owner in London's Chinatown, who is forced to track down the group of rogue Irish terrorists responsible for the death of his beloved daughter after system fails to provide him justice, Deadline.com has reported.

The project, which is still to have a director assigned, is expected to begin in October.