'Mad Men' Slattery writing, directing film

John Slattery has revealed that he is currently working on bringing an adapted screenplay he has written to the big screen.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, the Mad Men actor said that the project - which is based on an unnamed book he read many years ago - would be produced and directed by himself if brought to fruition and admits to perfecting his directing skills on two episodes of the AMC series last season.

"I have a script that I just finished that I'm trying to work out the rights situation," he said,

"And that's why I asked to direct Mad Men, which was a great experience, but it's someone else's vision - it's clearly [showrunner] Matt Weiner's vision of the show."

Slattery went on to reveal that he recently began making progress on getting the film off the ground after meeting a key industry exec at a concert.

"I went to a concert somewhere and I ended up sitting next to the guy who controls the rights to the movie," he recalled.

"And I said to him, 'You're not the guy who controls...' and he said, 'Yeah, why, you want it? I'll give it to you'."

No further details are currently available.