Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to produce Sleeper

The long gestating project to find funding to adapt for the big screen the 10 years old comic series Sleeper may finally have come to an end, as today was announced that the production company Pearl Street Films is interested to invest in the movie. The company belongs to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but Jennifer Todd, the president of Pearl Street, will also produce.

 

The DC comic official plot is quite intriguing:

 

“Sleeper is set in a noir universe where a few people are spontaneously developing superpowers — follows Holden Carver, a man who can absorb pain and pass it on to others, as he infiltrates a criminal organization on behalf of a law enforcement agency. His allegiances come into question, especially when he falls for the alluring killer, Miss Misery”.

 

Stay tuned on Worlds Factory to find out the first news about casting and director choice!