With Leigh Whannell currently at work on a new take on The Invisible Man, now comes word on who may headline the picture.

Courtesy of Variety, The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss is currently in talks to star in the film. At this stage, there’s no word on just which role Moss is up for, although some are speculating that the titular Invisible so-and-so may be gender-switched to be a female this time out.

If you remember, this is a picture that was initially being developed as part of Universal’s shared Dark Universe realm that began with the Tom Cruise-starring The Mummy. After The Mummy was poorly received, all plans for the Dark Universe were put on hold and are now seemingly as dead as a dodo.

Back then, Johnny Depp was on board to play the title role in The Invisible Man, with this new report claiming that Depp has now departed the project. In addition to Depp at one stage to play the Invisible Man, Javier Bardem was to play Frankenstein’s monster; the pair joining a shared world that had Sofia Boutella as the Mummy and Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll, Dwayne Johnson in talks to play the Wolfman, Scarlett Johansson lined up to play the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Angelina Jolie to play the Bride of Frankenstein, and with Tom Cruise along to battle such beasties.

From what we’ve heard, pretty much all of those projects have been shelved apart from possibly The Bride of Frankenstein and, of course, The Invisible Man.

Hot off the success of the stunning Upgrade, Leigh Whannell was recently brought in to write and direct The Invisible Man; a move that certainly bodes well.

Expect more on The Invisible Man as we get it.