'Methuselah' appoints screenwriter Arash Amel

Methuselah has hired a new writer to rework its script.

Warner Bros has appointed Arash Amel to overhaul Woman in Black director James Watkins's original draft, Variety reports.

Methuselah - inspired by the biblical figure - is an action-adventure following a 1,000-year-old man who has acquired an extraordinary set of survival skills.

Amel will begin work on the project once he has completed his script for the Will Smith-starring sequel I Am Legend 2, which is being fast-tracked into development by producer Akiva Goldsman.

Harry Potter's David Heyman, who once employed Watkins as a development executive, is attached to produce Methuselah.

Methuselah is yet to be assigned a release date.