Jessica Chastain to star in “Painkiller Jane”

Jessica Chastain will star in and produce the vigilante drama “Painkiller Jane”, based on the graphic novel series by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.

In the original story, first published in 1995, the lead character is an undercover police officer assigned to infiltrate a mob who doesn't realise that an explosive device has been planted on her. She's severely injured, but her target manages to revive her and give her superhuman regenerative powers. She then becomes the vigilante Painkiller Jane, leaving behind her life as a police officer.

“Painkiller Jane” was adapted into a 2005 Syfy channel TV movie, starring Emmanuelle Vaugier. Syfy also aired a season of another “Painkiller Jane” series in 2007 starring Kristanna Loken.

Chastain will be seen next as a lobbyist in John Madden's “Miss Sloane”.

Source: Variety