The Fighter actor has signed on to produce and star in the mystery thriller, from a script by amateur writer Tyler Marceca.

The Disciple Program revolves around a man investigating his wife’s death, who unearths dark secrets when he learns that the answers he seeks run much deeper than he could have ever imagined. According to Variety, Marky Mark will play the film’s lead.

The project has stirred up quite the buzz online, after the spec script by Tyler Marceca received acclaim from screenwriting sites like ScriptShadow. The Disciple Program was quickly snapped up by Universal Pictures, who has appointed Headhunters‘ Morten Tyldum to direct.

No release date has been set.

Have you read The Disciple Program script? Are excited for the movie?