The multi-strand narrative has all the hallmarks of an Oscar Best Picture nominee (bar the DiCaprio curse), withDeadline outlining how "the characters range from the back-room dealings of corrupt executives, to a portrait of the life of a poacher, to others involved in the underbelly of a global scourge that occurs not only in the jungles but also the oceans, where illegal shark fishing runs rampant."
Mission Impossible 5 scribe Will Staples will develop the script for Warner Bros, having gotten his break in video games and also having an action thriller in the works for Ben Affleck.
Hardy currently has another film in the works with Warner, which will look at trafficking and see him place a special forces soldier training Zimbabwean locals to fight poachers.
