With Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel to be released later this year, now comes word on what lies ahead for the much-loved Rodriguez.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, he’s teaming with Max Borenstein for a sci-fi thriller called Hypnotic. Borenstein is a writer best known for genre efforts such as Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island. A script from Rodriguez is already in place for Hypnotic, and Borenstein has been brought in to rewrite this.

Plot details are thin at this stage, although the early word has Hypnotic described as a “grounded cop thriller with sci-fi elements”. Added to that, Studio 8 also sees the film as potentially being the launching point for a new cinematic franchise.

Expect more on Hypnotic as we get it. As for Alita: Battle Angel, that hotly-anticipated adaptation will head to the silver screen this December.