Katherine Heigl signs for “Five Killers”

Katherine Heigl has wasted no time moving on with her movie career after deciding to leave ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” The blonde-haired, blue-eyed cutie (yes, I’m calling her a cutie) has signed to star opposite Ashton Kutcher in Lionsgate’s thriller "Five Killers."

Heigl will play a woman who meets the man of her dreams while on vacation. But everything goes haywire when the couple learn that their neighbors might be assassins hired to kill them.

Hmmm … should be interesting seeing these two in a scary movie. They both seem like the romantic-comedy type. But I guess maybe Heigl is trying to get away from the rom-coms she’s been doing in recent years (even though she’s perfect for them).

Robert Luketic, who helmed Heigl’s upcoming romantic comedy “The Ugly Truth,” will direct the movie, which is scheduled to begin production next month in Atlanta and the south of France (rough!).

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