According to Screen Daily, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide rights to The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits Of Nottingham, Texas from director Jess Manafort and writer Michael Tabb.

The film stars Leighton Meester and Amber Heard with more cast to be announced shortly. It is billed as a sassy, wild drama, full of shoot-em-ups, wisecracks, car chases and bar brawls. It is produced by Paul Schiff, Tai Duncan and Katherine Brown.

“This project is fresh, fun and timely and I¹m looking forward to working with Jess, Leighton, Amber, Jamie and the rest of the team,” producers Schiff and Duncan said in a statement.

“This is going to be a whole lot of bank robbing fun – it is girl power with guns! We’re very excited to be working with Paul, Tai and Jess,” said Content’s Jamie Carmichael.

Production Weekly wrote on their official twitter page that Amber Heard and Leighton Meester will topline Jess Manafort’s Cowgirl Bandits with Paul Schiff producing. The movie is being dubed a a young version of Thelma & Louise.

Manafort worked with Heard and Meester on the 2007 film Remember the Daze. The movie, which Manafort also wrote, revolved around the relationship dynamics of a group of suburban teens on the last day of school in 1999.

We’ll continue to keep you posted on this news! Definitely sounds interesting, We adored Manafort’s Daze and both Leighton and Amber in it. Not to mention Thelma & Louise is one of our time favorites.