MUMBAI: Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to return to making action fims with Ten, a project written by screenwriter Skip Woods and director David Ayer.

Ten revolves around the members of an elite DEA task force who depart from their usual operations and steal millions from a drug cartel safe house. Just when the team thinks they got away with it, someone begins to take out them out one by one.

The film, that will be financed by QED International, will be distributed in the US by Open Road Films.

Schwarzenegger‘s casting puts the project on the runway after several years of development. Bruce Willis and Patrick Alessandrin (District 13: Ultimatum) once were attached to star and direct, respectively.

Schwarzenegger, who is acting in The Tomb, will appear in The Expendables 2 that is to be released in August.

Ayer, known initially as a screenwriter with films like Training Day under his belt, had made his directorial debut with 2005‘s crime drama Harsh Times.