The Bourne Identity helmer Doug Liman is to make a biopic of Morris Abraham Cohen, or "Two Gun" as he was also known, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Cohen was a British World War I veteran who moved to China in 1922 and soon after become one of the main bodyguards of Sun Yat-sen who led the overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty in the 1920's. He trained Yat-sen’s army in boxing and shooting, despite his inability to speak Chinese. After Sun’s death in 1925, Cohen went on in the 1930s to fight for China against the invading Japanese and to work for British Intelligence.

Sounds ripe for the type of espionage and action that Liman is a dab hand at. The Bourne Identity is still one of the most seminal action films ever made, and even though Jumper was utter shite, he bounced back somewhat with the fraught Fair Game. Does kind of sound like The Last Samurai, though... a bit. Liman has directed of my favourite movies of all time, Swingers, so whatever the hell he wants to do I'm already on board.