Colin Farrell, who was recently on screens as the classic DC villain in The Penguin, is in talks to return to the comics world with Sgt. Rock, the World War II action film to be directed by Luca Guadagnino. The move comes after Daniel Craig, who was initially in talks to helm the feature project, stepped away from the role.

The feature hails from a script by Justin Kuritzkes, who also served as screenwriter on Guadagnino’s Challengers and Queer. Plot details for Sgt. Rock are still unknown. The character is a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. army who leads his unit, Easy Company, through the European theatre of World War II. He first appeared in comics in 1959, created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. Variety reports that DC Studios’ co-chiefs, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are excited about the film as a straightforward war picture.

Guadagnino’s next film to hit cinemas will be the Julia Roberts thriller After the Hunt. He’s also attached to direct a new adaptation of American Psycho with Austin Butler, and an adaptation of the gay romance Separate Rooms with Josh O’Connor. As for Colin Farrell, he’s expected to return to the part of the Penguin in Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel, which DC Studios hopes could be shooting by the end of the year.

DC Studios is still hoping to begin filming Sgt. Rock this summer.