Hollywood beauty Jessica Alba and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez are to team up for a third time, for the fourth Spy Kids movie. Alba has worked with Rodriguez in Sin City and Machete. She is set to star in the latest installment in the franchise that takes a different approach, now that the original child stars, Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara – are in their 20s.

The 29-year-old beauty will play a mother who comes out of spy retirement to train her kids in the art of espionage in Spy Kids 4: All The Time in the World, Contactmusic reported.

The film will also feature Spy Kids regulars Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino.

Alba will next be seen on the big screen in the comedy Little Fockers, starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robert De Niro.