Rendition is director Gavin Hood's follow-up to his Oscar-winning South African feature Tsotsi, with Kelly Sane having penned the script acquired by the studio back in May. Production is rushing forward with a November start date planned.

The multilayered story revolves around a CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal) based in Cairo who finds his world spinning out of control after he witnesses the interrogation of a foreign national by the Egyptian secret police. Witherspoon will play the pregnant American wife of the national.