Dwayne Johnson to play Hercules for Brett Ratner

Dwayne Johnson is in talks to star in MGM’s adaptation of Steve Moore’s comic Hercules: The Thracian War, Variety reports.

Brett Ratner is set to direct.

Moore’s graphic novel was published in 2008, and tells of Hercules’ struggle to turn the Thracian army into unstoppable killing machine.

The screenplay has been penned by Ryan Condal (also a writer on the ill-fated Paradise Lost).

Discuss: This is an obvious question but … do you think he looks the part?