Charlize Theron Circling "Tyrant"

Charlize Theron is in final negotiations to star in and produce the Amazon MGM Studios movie "Tyrant" from writer-director David Weil.

Weil is directing from a script he wrote, with The Picture Company’s Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona producing.

Theron will also produce through her Secret Menu banner alongside her partners Beth Kono and A.J. Dix. Weil and producing partner Natalie Laine Williams will also produce.

Amazon and Picture Company landed the coveted spec in August after a bidding war, with the project being fast-tracked once Theron showed interest.

Theron will now star in the film, but sources say there is another leading female role being cast.

While plot details are kept under wraps except is said that Tyrant has shades of Wall Street and Whiplash set in NYC’s high-end culinary world. It is based on a story by Weil and Cody Behan.

Theron has been busy lately, working on multiple projects, including the Netflix original thriller "Apex," starring Theron and Taron Egerton and written by Jeremy Robbins, with Baltasar Kormákur directing; a limited series adaptation of horror novel "The Quiet Tenant" with Blumhouse, written by Anthony E. Zuiker; "Jane," a psychological thriller feature loosely based on the life of prolific science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, being written by Jack Thorne and to be directed by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón; and "Two for the Money," a love letter to the heist-film genre directed by Justin Lin, written by Dan Mazeau and starring Theron. 

Theron will also appear in Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" next summer.