Jennifer Lopez

Los Angeles, April 27 (Reuters): Antonio Banderas is set to join Jennifer Lopez in the thriller Bordertown, pairing the two stars for the first time on the big screen.

Set on the US-Mexico border, the film revovles around a journalist who investigates a series of murders that take place in the vicinity of US-owned factories in the region.

Gregory Nava, who directed Lopez in the 1997 biopic Selena, is directing the picture, which is being fully financed by Mobius Entertainment. In 2001, Nava and Banderas signed up to work together on the Walt Disney film Zapata.

Bordertown, which previously was set up at New Line Cinema, is due to shoot in New Mexico and Mexico.

Banderas most recently starred in Imagining Argentina, and in Shrek 2 he voiced Puss in Boots. He?ll reprise the swashbuckling feline character in an animated adventure starring the cat, as well as in Shrek 3. Also among the actor?s upcoming films is The Legend of Zorro ? the sequel to 1998?s The Mask of Zorro.