MUMBAI: Tom Cruise will team up with Jack Nicholson for a new comedy film El Presidente.

While Cruise has already been signed, Nicholson is considering an offer, it is understood.

The film follows a dedicated Secret Service agent, played by Cruise, who is dispatched to guard a former US president, the role being considered for Nicholson. The agent‘s day-to-day job is boring - until a serious threat is made on his client‘s life and they are forced to go on the run.

Cruise and Nicholson were previously seen together in A Few Good Men made in 1982.