Kevin Costner May Direct Disney's 'Electric Boy Genius'

As Kevin Costner has suddenly become a regular presence on the big screen again, admittedly with mixed results thanks to the lackluster performances of Three Days to Kill, Draft Day and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, it only makes sense he'd begin to look at his directorial options. Costner hasn't stepped behind the camera since 2003's western, Open Range, but now he's reportedly circling Disney's long-developing inspirational drama, Electric Boy Genius.

Sitting in development limbo for some time, the last update on it came in 2010 when John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) came aboard to direct the film, based on a 2002 GQ article about teenaged electrical engineering wiz, Ryan Patterson. Patterson had been experimenting with electricity while still in diapers, and picked up the skills he needed by watching his father do wiring work. By the time he was  17, Patterson was already making advanced technological advancements and developing innovations. Doug Wright wrote the most recent draft of the script.

Costner has only directed three films, the biggest of which was Dancing with Wolves, followed by the regrettable post-apocalyptic thriller, The Postman. If this goes through and Costner signs on, maybe we'll see his career start to resemble Clint Eastwood's.  [Tracking Board]