John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) is attached to direct The Revenant with Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, How to Berate a Cinematographer) in talks to star. Bale’s character would be a 19th century frontiersman who is left to die by his friends after being mauled by a bear, and eventually sets out to take his revenge on them.

Um, is it just me, or shouldn’t he be taking his revenge out on the bear and its family? Sorry your friends didn’t fight off a bear for you, dude. Chances are they quickly assessed the situation and came to the the conclusion that IT’S A BEAR. Now you’re going to make them pay for using their God-given natural instincts? Whatever, this concept had me at "mauled by bear." (BloodyDisgusting)