Angela Bassett joins Lena Headey and Karen Gillan in 'Gunpowder Milkshake'

Actor Angela Bassett has boarded the cast of the assassin action movie "Gunpowder Milkshake". The 60-year-old actor, who most recently featured in "Bumblebee" and "Mission: Impossible – Fallout", join Karen Gillan and Lena Headey in the film, reported Deadline.

Spanning multiple generations, the assassin thriller will be directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, the duo behind the dark Israeli breakout "Big Bad Wolves". Bassett will play Anna May, one of the unassuming leaders of a massive armoury.

Keshales and Navot Papushado will share writing credits with Ehud Lavski. The film will be produced by Studiocanal along with Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company. Bassett will be next seen opposite Patricia Arquette in the Netflix film, "Otherhood".