Adrien Brody is set to play the lead role in Russell Mulcahy’s upcoming action thriller “The Courier.”

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film follows an adventurous courier who’s trying to deliver a briefcase to a crime boss who can’t be located.

Mulcahy, whose credits include “Resident Evil: Extinction,” is directing a script by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, the screenwriting duo behind “Wanted” and “3:10 to Yuma.”

Brody last starred in Wes Anderson’s “The Darjeeling Limited.” He will next be seen in “The Brothers Bloom,” followed “Cadillac Records” and “Splice.”

Final word: Brody delving further into the action genre? Hey, why not!