Universal Pictures is acquiring rights to the Hong Kong action film "Cheung Fo" and will turn it into a Peter Berg-directed drama called "The Mission" reports Variety.
Set in San Francisco and Las Vegas, "The Mission" will center on a group of criminals who bond as bodyguards for an aging crime boss. Their brotherhood is tested when one of them breaks ranks.
Dario Scardapane ("Fantastic Voyage") is writing the script. Berg will supervise development on "Mission" as he preps several projects that include the Michael Mann-produced "The Kingdom."
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