Brian Helgeland to Write and Direct BUTTON MAN for Netflix

Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland will write and direct "Button Man," based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson, for Netflix.

Button Man tells the story of ex-military contractor HARRY Exton. The first true hero of the post-truth age, Harry's a proxy in a clandestine competition among the super rich. Paid to fight to the death in modern-day gladiatorial contests, HARRY sets out on a RELENTLESS journey to use these twisted elites' own dark machine to bring their corrupt world CRASHING down.

Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho will produce the film along with Roger Kass and Addictive Pictures' John Schoenfelder and Russell Ackerman

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: 6th & Idaho's Rafi Crohn, and John Wagner and Arthur Ranson will executive produce. Will Janowitz is on board as a co-producer.

Matt Reeves has a first look deal at Netflix for his production company, 6th & Idaho.

Brian Helgeland is best known for writing the screenplays for L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Helgeland also wrote and directed 42, a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and Legend.