Actor Ryan Reynolds is in talks to star with "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" star Rebecca Ferguson in "Life", a Skydance Productions film focusing on a Mars mission that finds intelligent alien life.

Daniel Espinosa will direct the film from a script by Reynolds' "Deadpool" writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.

Espinosa and Reynolds teamed previously on the 2012 American action thriller "Safe House".

Skydance's David Ellison and Dana Goldberg are producing with Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. Paramount is expected to be the distributor.