Having played everything from homicidal maniacs to race car drivers, Jason Statham is next set to play a sociopathic, destructive cop named Brant in the upcoming film adaptation of Ken Bruen’s novel Blitz.

The film is set in South East London, following three different police officers who have to deal with their own issues alongside hunting down a serial killer hunting down cops all over the city in a quest for tabloid immortality.

Statham will be playing alongside Paddy Considine, who will be playing Sergeant Porter Nash, an openly gay cop who works with the homophobic Brant.

Nathan Parker has adapted the script; Elliott Lester is occupying the director’s seat.