Las Vegas Weekly

December 10, 2008 · 9:13 AM

Jenna Jameson lands role in mainstream film War of the Dragon

By Robin Leach

Jenna Jameson.

Photo: Jillann Spaulding

Former Las Vegas XXX adult film star Jenna Jameson will star in a new mainstream movie after giving birth to twins early in the New Year. She and her boyfriend, mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz, celebrated the news of her being signed to War of the Dragon when they visited Vegas a few days ago for the Oscar de la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight.

Director and producer Stan Derain told me that Jenna will start filming as soon as she’s recovered from the birth of her first children -- and that he’s also cast Verne J. Troyer as the main villain! Stan, who previously produced Kung Fu Assassins and City Dragon, hopes Jenna’s stork arrival will be on time so the filming isn’t delayed and that the movie can still be released on schedule next summer.

Photo: Scott Doctor

Verne J. Troyer.

Verne, who has appeared in the Austin Powers spy spoofs that have racked up $600 million in box office receipts, just completed The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which was Heath Ledger’s last film before his accidental death. The movie is getting Oscar buzz and also features Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.

Previously, Jenna appeared in the 2005 horror flick Evil Breed and this year’s Sony Pictures release Zombie Strippers. The world-renowned former porn queen still claims the highest-rated E! Entertainment True Hollywood Stories episode.

Agent Mike Esterman, who is the subject of tomorrow’s Vegas DeLuxe story about how he rakes in fortune$ for the $tar$ at our Vegas nightclubs, packaged up this new movie deal for his clients, Jenna and Verne.

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