MUMBAI: Beating out several other interested parties, Warner Bros. has acquired filming rights of Roger Hobbs‘ novel The Ghostman. The deal for the thriller is said to be in the low six figures.

Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Appian Way Productions was among the suitors interested in acquiring rights to the novel, according to a source.
The Ghostman centers on a man who aids bank robbers in disappearing after they pull off their heists. Hobbs‘ novel will be released by Knopf in September 2013.
The film also stars Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn.
The film will be produced by Kevin McCormick under his Langley Park Pictures banner.