David Yates has signed on to direct the Who is Jake Ellis? movie adaptation, Digital Spy said.

20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to Nathan Edmondson and Tonci Zonjic's Image Comics series and have lined up the project for the Harry Potter director, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The comic centres around former CIA analyst Jon Moore, who begins to see visions of an espionage expert called Jake Ellis after escaping from an illegal laboratory.

Ellis helps him to become a master criminal, until Moore finds himself drawn back to the facility to learn the truth about his mysterious ally.

The follow-up series Where Is Jake Ellis? debuted in December 2012.

Yates worked on the last four Harry Potter films: Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2.

Fox is currently looking for writers to work on Who is Jake Ellis?

“Who Is Jake Ellis?” was one of the best comics published in 2011. It combined deft & confident writing, excellent artwork, a strong high-concept hook and well-written action that always served the story – and most importantly, it actually delivered good answers to the questions it raised. Even better, though, it managed to find that sweet spot of both offering a conclusion to the story without closing off any opportunities for future stories,” a review published at BleedingCool said.