George Tillman Jr. is close to reaching a deal to direct "Faster," a revenge action drama CBS Films is developing with Dwayne Johnson in the lead role. Tillman Jr. most recently directed the biopic "Notorious."

In the film, Johnson plays a dude named Driver, an ex-con who heads out to avenge the death of his brother, who was murdered in a heist gone wrong years eariler. Joe and Tony Gayton wrote the screenplay.

Tillman Jr. is known mostly for directing 2000's "Men of Honor." His credits also include "Soul Food," and he also produced the "Barbershop" films, "Beauty Shop," and more recently, "Nothing Like the Holidays."

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