John Leguizamo is close to a deal to star in the Franc Reyes-directed thriller "The Ministers" reports Production Weekly.
Penned by Reyes' the script centers on a female NYPD detective, whose father was murdered in the line of duty 13 years ago. The only evidence left behind at the scene of the crime was a pamphlet from a mysterious religious group known only as "The Ministers".
When she learns the group has begun to kill again after being dormant for over a decade, she is taken off the case and ordered to stay away from the investigation. Unbeknown to her she is romantically involved with a member of "The Ministers," and her personal and professional lives are becoming murderously intertwined.
Shooting is aiming to begin in December in New York. Reyes and Leguizamo first teamed on 2002's "Empire".
