Variety is reporting that Danny Boyle will direct Michael B. Jordan in “Methuselah,” while Simon Beaufoy, who worked with Boyle on “Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours,” is being eyed to rewrite the script.
Jordan will play “a man who has managed to survive for hundreds of years, without showing the physical signs of age. In that time, he has accumulated vast intellectual knowledge, from multiple languages to the sciences, as well as survival skills.” In the Bible, Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
Jordan is also producing the film with Outlier Society head of production Alana Mayo, as well as Boyle and Heyday’s David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford. Tony Gilroy wrote last draft of the screenplay, which was based on a treatment by James Watkins.
Boyle recently directed the musical dramedy “Yesterday” for Universal, which became a surprise success last summer bringing in $153 million worldwide on a $26 million budget.
Jordan’s upcoming projects include “Without Remorse,” as well as the Denzel Washington-directed “Journal for Jordan.” He will also star in David O Russell’s Untitled upcoming film opposite Christian Bale and Margot Robbie.
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