Variety reports that a biopic of maverick auto executive John Z. DeLorean is in the works. It will chronicle the executive’s rise and fall as a young VP at General Motors where he developed the Pontiac GTO and Firebird. The movie will also chronicle the creation of his own company and the DeLorean DMC-12, which is famous for its appearance in the Back to the Future trilogy of movies.

DeLorean was arrested in 1982 on charges of drug trafficking to help his faltering auto company. He was, however, freed two years later after a court ruled he was a victim of government entrapment.

David Permut and Steve Lee Jones are producing.