Matt Damon, Ben Affleck team up to produce film adaptation of 'Sleeper'

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be producing the film adaptation of the Ed Brubaker's comic series 'Sleeper', it has been revealed.

According to Radar Online, 'The Killing' writer David Wiener and 'The Shield's Shawn Ryan will be co-writing the script.

The series began publication in 2003, and revolves around a secret agent who lands in a government organization after he receives alien technology that makes him unable to feel pain and allows him to pass it on to others through skin contact.