Common is best known for his roles in various films like: Suicide Squad, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Selma.
The novelette was published in 1969 by Playboy Magazine which had earned a nomination in the Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
The film will be directed by Siri Rodnes who will has also co-written the screenplay along with Tom Basden.
According to Deadline, Academy Award winner Common (John Wick: Chapter 2) and Elementary star Jonny Lee Miller have been tapped to star in the forthcoming film adaptation Nine Lives, based on acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin’s sci-fi dark comedy novelette of the same name.