Douglas and Zeta-Jones go head to head on screen

Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are lining up to star in a new movie together, playing leading lady and villain.

The pair has often rejected the opportunity to play lovers onscreen, and instead the actress will take on an evil Douglas in adventure drama Racing the Monsoon.

The 61-year-old reveals: "I've got one (film) that we are working on, sort of, in the Romancing The Stone vein. It would be set in India. She would have a love interest and I would be a bad guy."

The couple previously starred together in 2000 movie Traffic but didn't share a scene.