Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce the project via their company 87North along with Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven, Training Day, The Equalizer) and Kat Samick (The Equalizer, Southpaw, Infinite).
Brittany Morrissey is the executive overseeing the film for Sony Pictures.
On the heels of Netflix announcing a third installment of the rom-com film series she leads, The Kissing Booth star Joey King has entered negotiations to join Brad Pitt (Ad Astra) in the upcoming action thriller Bullet Train at Sony Pictures for an unknown role, according to Deadline.
On top of directing, Leitch will supervise the script written by Zak Olkewicz (Fear Street).