Gerard Butler in Talks for Afterburn

Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and Gerard Butler are in talks with Relativity Media to join screen adaptation of the Red 5 Comic by Paul Ens and Scott Chitwood called Afterburn, according to Deadline.

Afterburn is a sci-fi saga that takes place on Earth after it has been deemed inhabitable after a solar flare.  Butler would play the leader of a group of treasure hunters after earth’s most valued items, such as the Mona Lisa, all the while fighting off mutants, pirates and other treasure hunters.

Relativity Media bought the rights to the comic series last year and hired Matt Johnson (Into the Blue) to write the adaptation for the big screen. Sources say that Christian Gudegast (A Man Apart) will be reworking the script.  Afterburn is being produced by Tobey Maguire and Neal Mortiz.