The movie is a modern day Western about convicts making
their way to the Mexican border through New Mexico after escaping from a prison
in Las Vegas, Nevada. Location manager Paul Roberts said the rest of the
casting will be complete in September.
It's the first major movie role for the
former California governor since 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines." He had a cameo in last summer's "The Expendables."
Schwarzenegger said in May that he was putting his acting projects on hold
after disclosing that he fathered a child with a family housekeeper and
splitting with wife Maria Shriver.