Charlize Theron is apparently in talks to star in sci-fi drama Agent 13, Belfast Telegraph reported citing Variety.

The Oscar-winning South African actress is said to be considering a role in the action film by Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Rupert Wyatt.

Details of TS Nowlin's script is being kept under wraps.

Major film studios including Sony, Warner Bros, Paramount, Universal and 20th Century Fox are reportedly pursuing the project.

Charlize - who won an Academy Award for her performance as serial killer Aileen Wournos in Monster - has two upcoming action films in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Rupert Sanders' Snow White And The Huntsman.