Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer 2, The Magnificent Seven, Training Day) will produce and possibly direct The Devil Soldier, an historical-action epic based on Caleb Carr’s (The Alienist) best-selling novel, Deadline has confirmed.
Mark Earl Burman will produce The Devil Soldier alongside Fuqua on the ADME Studios project.
The Devil Soldier follows the American outlaw turned mercenary Frederick Townsend Ward during the Taiping Rebellion, which was a massive rebellion in China that was waged from 1850 to 1864 between the established Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom under Hong Xiuquan.
The filmmaker’s upcoming producer credits also include Foster Boy and The Man Who Made It Snow, the crime docudrama inspired by the true story of Max Mermelstein.