Colin Farrell is to star in Netflix's The Ballad of a Small Player, the new film from Edward Berger, the director of the Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front.
US entertainment trade publication Deadline, which first reported the news, says The Ballad of a Small Player is based on the Lawrence Osborne book of the same name.
Deadline says the film tells the story of "a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in Macau after his past and debts catch up with him".
He meets "a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation".
Production is due to begin later this year.
Farrell is currently filming A Big Bold Beautiful Journey with co-star Margot Robbie.
He stars in the title role in the new Apple TV+ detective series Sugar, streaming now.
