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Besson, Fox snare Grace for
'Taken'
by Tatiana Siegel, Borys Kit
Maggie Grace has landed the female lead opposite Liam Neeson in
the thriller "Taken," a co-production between Luc Besson's Europa
Corp. and 20th Century Fox.
Pierre Morel will direct from a screenplay by Besson and Robert Mark
Kamen.
Grace is set to play the estranged daughter of Neeson's character
who is kidnapped and forced into the slave trade. Neeson's character
is a former spy who uses his skills to rescue her.
Shooting begins this month in Paris.
Besson is producing alongside Pierre-Ange Le Pogam and India
Osborne.
Grace, who starred on "Lost" from 2004-05, next appears in Sony
Pictures Classics' "The Jane Austen Book Club," directed by Robin
Swicord, and the indie "Suburban Girl," based on the best-seller "The
Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing."
She is repped by ICM, 1 Management and the law firm Barnes,
Morris, Klein.