Tony Scott directs 'Nemesis' adaptation

Tony Scott has been named the director of a movie adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis.

Millar's tease of "huge" news earlier in the week has been revealed to be Scott's (Top Gun, True Romance) involvement in bringing the creator-owned Icon title to the big screen, reports BleedingCool.com.

"As you can imagine, I'm more than excited," wrote Millar on the Millarworld forums.

"Steve is delirious and this puts our books instantly in an entirely different league in Hollywood terms. Tony said this was a very timely project and Fox want to get this moving as soon as possible.

"Next up is a script and the writer we talked about did one of my top five movies of all time. The actor he's shooting for as the lead character is going to blow your socks off."

Nemesis follows the adventures of a billionaire genius who decides to use his resources for evil.