Nowadays it’s often difficult to tell whether having Bruce Willis signed up a movie is a reason for excitement or whether it’s just notice that someone has reached his asking fee, irrespective of the quality of the movie. However Willis and Ambyr Childers have signed up to star in the sci-fi action-thriller Vice, according to Deadline.

The film is set in a future where humans can live out their fantasies at a resort known as Vice, where androids can help dream come true. The plot thickens when bot (Ambyr Childers) becomes self-aware (don’t they always in sci-fi?), threatening to destroy the organisation. Bruce Willis is playing Julian, who owns the resort.

Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas: 3D, Red Dawn) wrote the screenplay, although the project doesn’t have a director at the moment. They need to find someone quickly as it’s due to start shooting on March 15 in Alabama.

Back in 2011 Arnold Schwarzenegger signed up to star in Captive. However he’s now left the film behind and Variety reports that Bruce Willis is in talks to take over the lead role in the action-thriller.

The film is about an American real estate mogul who is living in Brazil. He gets abducted and held for ransom in a Sao Paolo landfill, while a detective specializing in this sort of case tries to locate him.

Simon Brand (Unknown) is set to direct from a screenplay by Benjamin A. van der Veen and Kario Salem. Assuming Willis does sign on the bottom line, filming is scheduled to begin in March.

Bruce Willis was recently dropped from The Expendables 3 after they wouldn’t pay his asking fee and he reportedly said that he’s bored with action films. However it seems the maker of The Prince has met his price, as Deadline reports that he’s signed up for the action-thriller.

The movie is about, ‘A retired Las Vegas mob enforcer is forced to return to the city and face his former enemies when his teenage daughter goes missing. Willis plays a man who has waited years for the enforcer to return, and a confrontation is inevitable.’

Sarik Andreasyan (American Heist) is set to direct from a script by Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore. The movie will start shooting in October in new Orleans.

Bruce Willis is one of the busiest men in Hollywood. He always has a full slate of film and now he’s added one more, as Variety reports that he has signed up to star in the thriller Expiration.

Broken City scripter Brian Tucker wrote the screenplay, which is about an assassin who gets poisoned and must race against the clock to find a cure, to get his revenge before he ‘expires’. So it’s basically DOA, except with a hitman.

No director is set yet, although it’s reported that negotiations are underway with somebody who’s name has not yet been revealed. There’s still some time to sort all that out, as the script is still being worked on and it’s unlikely to start shooting until next year.