Fast and Furious 5 Director Justin Lin to Develop Universal's The Leading Man

The Leading Man is to be adapted for cinema by Universal Pictures.

Fast and Furious 5 director Justin Lin has been hired by the studio to develop the project for the big screen, Bleeding Cool reports.

Comic's Premise - "There's more to the world's hottest actor than sexy starlets, tabloid gossip and primo parts because Nick Walker isn't just a Hollywood hunk, he's also a superspy.

"When a routine investigation off the coast of France turns up a terrorist training facility, Nick must juggle espionage and screen time in this explosive and astonishing adventure."

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The creators were interviewed by comicbookresources, here is an excerpt.

"'The Leading Man' is Nick Walker. He's the hottest actor in Hollywood, and, unknown to all, he's also the world's greatest super spy. He works for the Agency, a real talent agency that only takes a few select clients. Throughout the history of Hollywood, the Agency has secretly trained some of Hollywood's greatest to fight the forces of evil.

"Nick is the star. Also on the set with him are his right hand man/assistant/techincal guru, Travis Conrad, and his stylist (who spends much time covering battle scars), Sarah Diamond. Co-starring in the movie, and in his first adventure, are former television action heroine Kim Carlisle and Academy Award worthy actress Alison Frost. Both ladies end up entangled with Nick as he stumbles across a secret terrorist training facility on the coast of France, run by the infamous Code Black.

"The Code Black bad guys in this issue are the nefarious Colonel Maxwell (ex-CIA, of course) and his students, known collectively as the Honor Guard."

The project is in the early stages of development, and doesn't not have a release date set at this time. I actually think the premise sounds fun and should be easy to adapt into a movie.

The more I think about the plot, the more it seems like this is a more serious take on Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Team America World Police lead character. In that film Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by a secret agency, and trained to become a spy. See the similarities?

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