Gal Gadot will star in an adaptation of the bestselling Recovery Agent book series by Janet Evanovich for Paramount Pictures, which has acquired the rights to the books, according to reports.
Gadot, known for playing such gutsy heroines as Wonder Woman and, more recently, Rachel Stone, an intelligence agent, in the Netflix movie, Heart of Stone, seems like the perfect actress to bring Gabriela Rose, the heroine of Evanovich’s two Recovery Agent books, to life.
Evanovich, whose books have topped the bestseller lists for three decades, specializes in tough but relatable heroines and is best known for her Stephanie Plum series, about a hamster-owning single gal from Trenton who becomes a bounty hunter. Her latest creation, Gabriela Rose, is an agent who specializes in finding lost property and treasures of all types.
In the first book in the series, she sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Seal of Solomon and the lost treasure of Cortez, to get much-needed cash to keep her family from losing their home. In the second volume, she helps out her gorgeous but pesky ex-husband’s cousin, a bank president who has been investing in priceless artifacts that have started to go missing.
The Recovery Agent role will allow Gadot to mix action-movie heroics with her flair for comedy.
Gadot and husband Jaron Varsano to help produce the film
Gadot and her husband, Jaron Varsano, will be among the producers, through their Pilot Wave production company, along with Paramount Pictures and Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz for Carol Mendelsohn Productions.
Gadot’s most recent role was in Julian Schnabel's In the Hand of Dante, alongside Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, and Gerard Butler, which premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. It tells the story of how a manuscript of Dante’s The Divine Comedy ends up in the hands of a New York mobster.
Next up for her will be The Runner, directed by Kevin Macdonald (whose grandfather was the legendary Jewish-British director Emeric Pressburger) for Amazon International. It’s a thriller about a high-profile lawyer, played by Gadot, who literally runs all over London to fulfill orders from a kidnapper who has her son.
Anti-Israel protesters attempted to disrupt filming several times to protest Gadot appearing in the film, but the movie was completed and is set to be released this year.
It was recently announced that Gadot will receive the 2026 Genesis Prize from the Genesis Prize Foundation, which comes with an award of $1 million. Last summer, she won an award from the Jerusalem Film Festival for her contribution to international cinema and her artistic achievement.