Warner Bros. Pictures is negotiating with Antoine Fuqua ("King Arthur", "Training Day") to direct Mel Gibson in his next picture, "Under and Alone" reports Variety.

Scripted by Ned Zeman and Daniel Barnz, "Under and Alone" is based on the true story of Vietnam vet William Queen. He channeled his Special Forces training into undercover work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and became a full-fledged member of the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols motorcycle gang.

"Under and Alone" will mark Gibson's first major role in front of the camera since M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs" in 2002. Gibson took time off from acting to direct "The Passion of the Christ."