The Hollywood Reporter reports that Tom Cruise is eyeing to star in "Sleeper," a project which Sam Raimi would produce with his Star Road Entertainment partner Josh Donen. The film would be based on the DC Comics/Wildstorm comic written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips.

The story centers on an operative whose fusion with an alien artifact makes him impervious to pain and allows him to pass it on to others through skin contact. He is placed undercover in a villainous organization by an intelligence agency and falls for a member of the group, named Miss Misery.

"Sleeper" is a spin-off book from Wildstorm flagship title "WildC.A.T.s" and features characters from another spin-off book, "Gen 13." The series ran from 2003 to 2005.