Michael B. Jordan has a new franchise on his hands.
The star of Marvel’s Black Panther will star in a new action franchise, The Silver Bear. Jordan will also produce via his Outlier Society Productions banner alongside Vishal Rungta, Mark Fasano, and Ankur Rungta of Nickel City Pictures who optioned the rights to the book franchise last year.
“The Silver Bear is the kind of story that needs to be experienced on the big screen and Michael is the perfect movie star to inhabit the skin of this dynamic character and take us into the cinematic world of Columbus,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake. “We’re incredibly honored that Michael and Nickel City chose Lionsgate to partner with in bringing this exciting property to life.”
The Silver Bear is based on the book series by Derek Haas. The adaptation of the assassin story is helmed by Frank Baldwin. The Silver Bear follows a man who goes by the name Columbus (Jordan), the most feared and respected hitman in the criminal underworld.
“We could not be more excited to work with Michael and Lionsgate,” Rungta said. “We have been huge fans of Michael all the way back to his days in The Wire, and from our first meeting we knew that he was the perfect fit for the role of Columbus.”
The news was first reported by Deadline.
