Zack Snyder will direct “Brawler,” which reportedly will be about a Los Angeles man’s rise in the UFC. According to a report from Variety, Snyder will co-write the feature and produce alongside UFC CEO Dana White and Turki Alalshikh, Saudi Arabia’s chair of the General Entertainment Authority.

Zack Snyder is partnering with UFC and Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GAE), on fighter drama Brawler. Under the partnership, Snyder will direct and co-write the screenplay with writers and executive producers Shay Hatten (Ballerina) and Kurt Johnstad (300),

Perhaps Zack Snyder’s days of big superhero and/or science fiction worldbuilding are behind him. The blockbuster director is developing a film for Netflix about the Los Angeles Police Department, and has now signed on to write and direct Brawler,