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Steven Soderbergh has rebounded from the collapse of his Moneyball project and is crafting a Knockout for us. The title of his next film, Knockout is an action movie that sounds as if it has the potential to be a breakout vehicle for MMA womens fighter-turned-actor Gina Carano.

In the movie Carano will play a tough woman who grew up on the wrong side of the town. After graduating from the school of hard knocks she finds a way to use her fighting skills to carve out a life for herself. The script is being finished by Lem Dobbs, the screenwriter who worked with Soderbergh on two of his earlier works, The Limey and Kafka.

Soderbergh was introduced to Carino when he saw her fight in the mixed martial arts circuit. Prior to this big break she appeared in a couple of reality TV series about the sport and as one of the American Gladiators on the rebooted NBC series.

Financing for the film is coming from Relativity Media, Ryan Kavanaugh's company. Instead of getting paid upfront, Soderbergh is taking a backend deal so it's a gamble for him in his pocketbook. However, this is the guy that brought us the Ocean's Eleven series. He's not going to have a problem delivering action.

Filming is scheduled to happen come January.