Just last week, Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) reportedly signed on with 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, starring Hugh Jackman. Both Aronofsky and Jackan have begun planning to shoot sound-stage portions of the film in New York so that they won’t have to inconvenience their families before heading to Japan for the bulk of the film.

Now, Deadline reports that Darren Aronofsky has also agreed to direct the Mandalay Pictures adaptation of Max Barry‘s novel, Machine Man. Aronofsky will tackle the film after his duties with Wolverine. Aronofsky will also help develop the screenplay, alongside his Black Swan co-writer Mark Heyman.

The story is about a man who loses a leg in an industrial accident and decides to build a better one. Because that’s the kind of guy he is. He gradually gadgetifies himself, which attracts the attention of his employer, the Better Future corporation.

Barry is publishing the novel as an online serial at his website (one page per day), and Vintage Books will publishing a 50% larger, edited version of the novel in its entirety next Spring.