Actress Sharon Stone is gearing up to essay a negative role in the Alex Ranarivelo directorial "Running Wild".

Stone will essay the role of the villian in the film, which is around the life of a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her property, reports deadline.com.

The film's script is written Christina Moore and Brian Rudnick. The principal photography on the project will begin this week in Napa.

"Running Wild" is a project of ESX Entertainment, the newly launched outfit from Lucas Oil head Forrest Lucas and Ali Afshar.

(Source: IANS)