London, Dec 16 (IANS) Actor Nicolas Cage has been roped in to play the lead role in action thriller ‘Medallion’ directed by Simon West.

In the film, Cage will play a former master thief who has a few hours to find his daughter who has been kidnapped and put in the back of a medallion taxi in New York City, reports contactmusic.com.

The actor is currently filming the sequel of action movie ‘Ghost Rider’ and has a number of projects coming up next year including ‘Drive Angry’ and ‘Trespass’.