Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig, who lately joined forces on the A24 indie “Queer,” are reuniting on a a lot grander scale. The duo are circling “Sgt. Rock,” an adaptation of the comedian e-book, for DC Studios. No phrase on the plot, however it’ll most likely contain quite a bit much less intercourse and drug taking than their prior collaboration.

The offers haven’t been finalized, so the mission may crumble. However the studio is bullish on the script from Justin Kuritzkes, who beforehand wrote “Challengers” and “Queer” for Guadagnino. The brand new film is being developed underneath DC’s new management staff of James Gunn and Peter Safran, who’ve been reinvigorating the corporate.

Gunn’s upcoming “Superman,” which debuts in 2025, is meant to kick off a brand new period for the comedian e-book studio. DC has struggled to keep up consistency (for each “Joker” there’s been a “Joker: Folie à Deux”) and has usually been overshadowed by Disney’s Marvel Studios and their “Avengers” hit-machine.

Guadagnino is likely one of the busiest and most acclaimed filmmakers working at this time. His credit embrace “Name Me By Your Identify,” “Suspiria,” and “A Larger Splash,” most of which have been within the arthouse, not populist realm. He’s additionally anticipated to supervise a remake of “American Psycho” for Lionsgate.

Craig hung up 007’s tuxedo and Walther PPK with 2021’s “No Time to Die,” the final of his 5 James Bond films. He’s set to reprise his position as detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller,” which Netflix will launch subsequent 12 months.

Within the comics, Sgt. Rock is a World Struggle II hero and crack fight fighter. There have been aborted makes an attempt to convey him to the display through the years, with the likes of Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger connected to movies that by no means got here to move.

Guadagnino is represented by CAA, Vary Media Companions, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Craig is represented by CAA, Unbiased Expertise Group and Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro.

Deadline first reported Craig and Guadagnino’s involvement on “Sgt. Rock.”