Antonio Banderas to lead 'Big Bang'

Antonio Banderas will lead the cast of neo-noir detective movie The Big Bang.

In the project, to be directed by Tony Krantz, Banderas will play a private investigator looking for a missing stripper. His search leads him to New Mexico, where he encounters a trail of dead bodies, a Russian boxer, three Los Angeles cops and a tycoon attempting to create a nuclear Big Bang, reports Variety.

Band Of Brothers writer Erik Jendresen penned the screenplay and will produce alongside Krantz and Richard Rionda Del Castro.

Krantz, who spent 15 years working as a talent agent for CAA, previously helmed the straight-to-video films Sublime and Otis.