Director Gavin O'Connor is in talks with Amazon MGM Studios to adapt Benjamin Percy's novella American Criminal into a film.

As per reports, the studio has got the rights of the novella which was published in March this year. American Criminal revolves around a professional thief, after being apprehended by an FBI agent. He is coaxed into infiltrating a violent Midwestern gang with the aim to dismantle them. However, what serves as a twist is when the FBI agent doesn't know that the thief is also orchestrating a heist of his own.

O'Connor is known for directing films like Warrior, The Accountant, Pride and Glory, Jane Got a Gun and The Way Back. The adaptation of American Criminal will be produced by Hidden Pictures and NeoText.