Finish and Klaar: The Movie
The battle between security consultant Paul O'Sullivan and disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi will now be fought on the big screen.
No sooner had the thriller Cold Harbour made its world premiere at the Durban International Film Festival than its producer, Tendeka Matatu, revealed his next film will be based on O'Sullivan's bid to bring Selebi to book.
And, he said, his team were in talks "with a major Hollywood studio to put it together".
Selebi was found guilty of corruption on July 2 2010, and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on August 3 2010 - only to be released on medical parole in July 2012.
Selebi remains at home in Waterkloof where reportedly receives dialysis for his kidney illness, though he has been sighted shopping unaided.
Matatu also produced the 2005 comedy Crazy Monkey Presents Straight Outta Benoni and the 2008 crime drama Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema.
Matatu said he would again be working with Ralph Ziman, the director of Jerusalema.
He said while O'Sullivan had agreed to the project some time back, they could only start the groundwork on the project after Selebi' s guilt was established by a court in 2010.
When he first heard of Selebi's illness, O'Sullivan said he hoped "they put him on a drip and keep him alive for every day of those 15 years so that he can serve his entire sentence".
Matatu denied the film would be an adaptation of Marianne Thamm's book To Catch a Cop, which also noted Selebi's possible link to the killing of Brett Kebble, who was fatally shot with specialised low-velocity bullets while driving to a dinner engagement. The men who killed Kebble were granted indemnity and claimed they had only aided an "assisted suicide".
But Matatu said the film would use the same source as Thamm's book: O'Sullivan.
Matatu said casting for the feature film had begun, adding: "It's a really complex film and a difficult story to tell.
"It takes place over an extended period of time, with a lot of people involved, which is why we toyed with the idea of a TV series.
"The main driver [of the film] is this character who gives up his family and assets for justice, but with that said, you cannot whoosh over somebody like Selebi - he's far more complex than just 'the bad cop'."
He said while the vast majority of the film will take place in Johannesburg, the action will move to Morocco, New York and Paris. The film will feature airport heists, car chases - and justice.