by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent

Blake Lively proves she’s still a movie star (and not just Mrs. Ryan Reynolds, thank you) in Paramount’s THE RHYTHM SECTION slated for Jan. 31, 2020. Barbara Broccoli of James Bond franchise dynastic fame produces, and Lively stars with Jude Law.

Not a bad pairing for a woman-in-jeopardy ass-kicker, with Sterling K. Brown to balance the psycho element. Brown is the steady handed parole office in “Our Idiot Brother,” among other credits.

Screenplay here is written by the novel’s author, Mark Burnell, about a women who goes badass when her family is seemingly killed in an air crash, which turns into a rabbit hole of intentional motives for the plane’s downing.

Reed Morano, known for helming Margaret Atwood's serialize dystopian hand-wringer "The Handmaid's Tale," directs this two-fisted star turn in a lively fashion. Spoiler alert? Blake Lively can have x number of kids, and still mess you up (maybe because she doesn’t drink alcohol in real life and her liver is aces, lol).

Watch how…

What Paramount Says About RHYTHM SECTION

Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her own redemption. Based on the novel by Mark Burnell, from director Reed Morano (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and the producers of the James Bond film series, The Rhythm Section also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown.

DIRECTED BY: Reed Morano EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Stuart Ford, Greg Shapiro, Mark Burnell, Rob Friedman, Vaishali Mistry, Donald Tang, Simon Williams, Gregg Wilson PRODUCED BY: Michael G. Wilson, p.g.a. and Barbara Broccoli, p.g.a. BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: Mark Burnell SCREENPLAY BY: Mark Burnell STARRING: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown

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PS, we don't care how many times the release date has changed on this, whether from Nov. to Jan. Blake Lively is following that Hollywood adage: "Better good, than good and early."

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