Lior Raz to co-star Ryan Reynolds in 'Six Underground'

Los Angeles : Lior Raz, co-creator and star of the Israeli TV political thriller "Fauda", will be starring alongside actor Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming movie "Six Underground".

The action movie is being directed by Michael Bay, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Netflix and Skydance are behind the project, which is scheduled to begin shooting in August in locales such as Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

The project, which has been described as being in the tone of "Deadpool" meets "Mission: Impossible", centres on a group of six men and women who team up to fight evildoers. All have numerical code-names, with Reynolds' character known as "One".

Raz's character details have been kept a secret.

The movie also includes Dave Franco, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona and Corey Hawkins.