DANNY BOYLE, who won an Oscar for helming “Slumdog Millionaire,” is stepping in to Michael B. Jordan’s “Methuselah,” reuniting with his “Slumdog” screenwriter Simon Beaufoy who will rewrite the script.

“Methuselah” was initially planned with Jordan playing a man who has managed to stay alive for hundreds of years, though the tale will undergo a rehaul with Boyle and Beaufoy. “Methuselah,” a reference to the Biblical tale, has been in development at Warner Bros. for a while, with Tom Cruise at one point interested in the title role. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” director Jon Watts was previously attached to direct the Jordan version of the film.

Boyle was last in theaters with Universal’s “Yesterday,” a Beatles-inspired musical dramedy that grossed US$153.7 million globally. He and Beaufoy shared a screenwriting Oscar nomination for the James Franco film “127 Hours.”(SD-Agencies)