(Image source from: Tommy Lee Jones cast in 'Criminal'})

Actor Tommy Lee Jones is all set to appear in the film 'Criminal'. Tommy Lee Jones will join Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman in the thriller from Millennium Films.

Ariel Vromen is directing the movie.

The film revolves around a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets and skills, which have been surgically transplanted into a dangerous prison inmate. That way the authorities hope to stop a diabolical plot.

Tommy Lee Jones will play the role of a neuroscientist, who implants the memories into the prison inmate.

Douglas Cook and David Weisberg have written the script for this movie. Chris Bender, J.C. Spink and Matt O'Toole are producing the project.

The last film of Tommy Lee Jones was 'The Family', directed by Luc Besson. The action movie also featured Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. His upcoming film includes period drama 'The Homesman', that he also directed. The film will release on November.

(AW: Pratima Tigga)