Nicolas Cage is to star in the adaptation of the comic
The Sadhu, according to Variety.
The script will be written by spiritual author and Virgin Comics co-founder Deepak Chopra.
"The Sadhu," created and written by Chopra's son, Gotham, chief creative officer of Virgin Comics, melds action with mythology from India. Cage will play James Jenson, a soldier who travels to India during colonial times and becomes a spiritual warrior.
Cage, an unabashed comics fan who'll star next year in the Mark Steven Johnson-directed Marvel Comics adaptation "Ghost Rider" for Columbia Pictures.