Jason Bateman is close to a deal to star opposite Will Smith and Charlize Theron in Peter Berg's superhero drama "Tonight, He Comes".

Smith plays a down-and-out superhero who has a bad image with the public because he causes a lot of collateral damage while he solves crime, and he's an alcoholic.

Bateman plays a corporate PR consultant, who after being rescued by Smith tries to repay him by revamping his image. What he doesn't know it the superhero is secretly romancing Bateman's alluring wife (Theron).

Script, originally by Vincent Ngo and rewritten by Vince Gilligan, has long been floating around. Shooting will start in early May in Los Angeles reports Production Weekly.