MUMBAI: Universal is nearing to formalize a deal to pick up Agent 13, a sci-fi project that will have Charlize Theron that director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will
direct.

T.S. Nowlin is the writer of the film based on a little known comic book from 1988. It was created by G.I. Joe and Transformers cartoon writer Flint Dille and David Marconi who
penned the Will Smith thriller Enemy of the State as well as Live Free or Die Hard.

The comic book had post-modern pulp overtones full of femme fatales and explosive cliffhangers. The main character would be reprised by a male despite Theron's involvement.

Sean Daniels, who discovered the comic and has been developing since at least last year, is one of the producers. Theron is also attached to the film as a producer under her Denver and Delilah banner.