Salma Hayek Will Star With John Travolta in `A Three Dog Life’; Hayek Also Cast in Action Film `Everly’

Salma Hayek will star alongside John Travolta in "A Three Dog Life," based on the best-selling memoir by Abigail Thomas. Salma Hayek will play Abigail Thomas. John Travolta will play her husband, who loses his memory in a car accident.

"A Three Dog Life" was written and will be directed by Nick Guthe, who made "Mini's First Time." The John Travolta and Salma Hayek film is being produced by Guthe, J. Todd Harris and Clark Peterson.

The Solution's co-founders and partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel said "Nick has adapted Thomas' heart-wrenching memoir flawlessly, capturing the intimate details of how her marriage is put to the test following a life-changing accident. John and Salma are the perfect pair to portray this couple's journey over the course of several years."

The award-winning "A Three Dog Life" was published in 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In September 2013, it popped up as No. 1 on The New York Times Bestseller list.

Salma Hayek is also returning to her action movie roots in the upcoming film "Everly."

The new Salma Hayek movie will be an intense action thriller about a down-on-her-luck woman who has to fight off waves of assassins. The hitmen were sent by her mob boss ex-husband. Salma also has to save her estranged mother and daughter.

In "Everly," Salma Hayek will star with Togo Igawa, who played in "Last Samurai", and Masashi Fujimoto who played in "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" and veteran actor Hiroyuki Watanabe. "Everly" will be directed by Joe Lynch.

In a statement, Radius co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego said "We've been on the hunt for a female driven action franchise and we've finally found it in Everly. Salma is utterly transcendent. We're thrilled to be in business with Dimension and Radius. Bob, Tom and Jason have been passionately tracking the project for some time so we couldn't be happier to have them as partners."

"Everly" should hit the screens in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Hayek will be seen next in "Muppets Most Wanted."