Having helped to drum up a lot of box-office business and several Oscar nominations for American Sniper, Bradley Cooper is looking to stay in league with Warner Bros.. The studio is now in talks to buy up the film rights to Gregg Hurwitz’s new book thriller Orphan X for the actor to produce and potentially star in{
Hurwitz’s book is still a year away from shelves, and will tell the story if a man named Evan Smoak, a Jack Reacher-type “Nowhere Man” who travels around helping other people, often by getting punchy. His latest job draws him into a dark world of human slavery run by a corrupt Los Angeles Police Department detective. The writer, who has several books, comics and TV scripting experience on his CV, will step up to adapt the tome.
Cooper may end up starring as Smoak and will definitely produce the film alongside his Hangover director Todd Phillips. Recently busy on the Broadway stage in The Elephant Man, he’s set to bring the show to the UK in May. He’ll be seen on the big screen in Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, due here on September 4 and John Wells’ latest, still-untitled culinary comedy drama.