Theron and NZ director team up

Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is teaming up with Woody Harrelson for a movie about a female mine worker who filed the first sexual harassment prosecution.

The movie will be directed by Whale Rider director Niki Caro who will begin shooting the Warner Bros project this month in New Mexico and Minnesota.

The movie is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment prosecution, Jensen vs Eveleth Mines.

It centres on a miner played by Theron who rises up against the unfair treatment at the mine where she works. Harrelson will play her attorney in the case.