Actor Michael B. Jordan will star in and produce Lionsgates film adaptation of assassin story The Silver Bear. A director has not yet been attached to the project, reports variety.com. The Silver Bear is based on the book series by Derek Haas, the screenwriter for "Wanted" and 3:10 to Yuma.

The novel is about an assassin named Columbus -- called the Silver Bear by some - who tracks a powerful politician with presidential aspirations. Frank Baldwin ("The Godmother") wrote the script.