Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul to star opposite Colin Firth in Eye in the Sky

Washington: Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul will star in Gavin Hood's upcoming film 'Eye in the Sky', 'Eye in the Sky' Colin Firth, it has been revealed.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the international drone thriller, which is produced by Entertainment One and Firth and Ged Doherty's Raindog Films, features Mirren as Colonel Michelle Madden, a military intelligence officer in command of a top secret drone operation, while Paul plays American drone pilot.

The script of the film is written by Guy Hibbert and its action kicks off when Madden commands a top-secret drone operation to capture a group of dangerous terrorists from their safe-house in Nairobi, Kenya.

The film will start shooting in South Africa in August 2014.