Watchmen producer Lloyd Levin (Green Zone) has reportedly nabbed the rights to Matt Wagner‘s comic book series, Mage. Levin will produce and finance development and production of the film adaptation, and is “close to attaching a writer” for the project.

Mage is a reimagined version of the Camelot legend. The story centers on Kevin Matchstick, a troubled young man who learns he possesses special powers and, with the aid of an enchanted baseball bat, seeks out to vanquish the evil plans of the Umbra Sprite.

Levin said,

“It has always been a favorite book of mine, it’s one of the great untapped comic books from the ’80s renaissance that also spawned Watchmen and ‘Batman: Dark Knight.'”