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Speaking to The L.A. Times, writer David Goyer has promised that his new version of the classic story The Invisible Man will do for H.G. Wells’ creation what Stephen Sommers did for The Mummy.

Goyer, whose credits include The Dark Knight and the currently-filming Man of Steel, says that the project is “slowly working its way through the Universal development channels.” Wells published the book in 1897, and Goyer’s script is true to the period, although the writer notes that “it’s period like Downey’s Sherlock Holmes. It’s period but  it’s a reinvention of the character in the sort of way that Stephen Sommers exploded The Mummy into a much bigger kind of mythology. That’s kind of what we’ve done with The Invisible Man.”

The project is still waiting for a green light, although pre-vis tests have been completed to the studio’s satisfaction, Goyer claims.  “If they get the right lead, they’ll make it,” he adds confidently.