Actor Edgar Ramirez has signed on to star in French director Olivier Assayas’ upcoming “Ilich: Story of Carlos,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The film focuses on the true story of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a Venezuelan revolutionary who collaborated with radical groups in several countries, including Syria and Iraq.

Known also as Carlos and later Jackal, he became notorious after raiding the OPEC headquarters in Vienna in 1975. Sanchez is currently serving a life sentence in a French prison.

The trade says Assayas specifically wanted Ramirez to play the lead character. The actor will explore several languages for the part.

Ramirez’s credits include “Domino,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Vantage Point.” He will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” flicks “The Argentine” and “Guerilla.”

Also, Ramirez recently replaced Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar in Joe Carnahan’s upcoming “Killing Pablo.”

Javier Bardem is out of “Killing Pablo,” but director Joe Carnahan has already found someone to replace him. According to Chud, Edgar Ramirez is in to play Colombian crime lord Pablo Escobar.

Ramirez previously starred in Paul Greengrass’ “The Bourne Ultimatum,” and he recently appeared in Pete Travis’ “Vantage Point.” He will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” flicks “Guerrilla” and “The Argentine.”

“"I spent the last week in Colombia with Edgar Ramirez talking 'Pablo' and he has every intention of portraying Escobar and I couldn't be more fired up by the prospect,” Carnahan told the folks over at Chud in an email.

Carnahan’s credits also include “Narc” and “Smokin’ Aces.” He also collaborated on the screenplay for Gavin O’Connor’s upcoming crime drama “Pride and Glory.”

Sure, Bardem would have made a great Pablo, but Ramirez’s also got the right look. Now he just needs to put on some weight.