Goran Visnjic, who starred as the title character in last week's USA Network movie special "Spartacus," is in negotiations to star as the male lead opposite Jennifer Garner in "Elektra" for helmer Rob Bowman. The Regency Enterprises/20th Century Fox film is due to start lensing in early May in Vancouver. The "Daredevil" spinoff finds Garner reprising her role as Elektra Natchios. In this film, she plays a beautiful and deadly assassin who was trained by the Hand, a clan of mystical ninjas. When she turns her back on them, they want her dead. Elektra is assigned to kill Visnjic's character by the Hand over something his grandfather did; however, she ends up falling for him. Terence Stamp rounds out the cast. Producing are Marvel's Avi Arad and Horseshoe Bay partners Mark Steven Johnson and Gary Foster. Visnjic heads to Vancouver after wrapping up duties on "ER." After the film is finished, he will return to Los Angeles to tape his final season on the NBC medical drama. He is repped by Endeavor and attorney Barry Tyerman. His other film credits include "Welcome to Sarajevo," "Practical Magic," "The Deep End" and the current release "Close Your Eyes."