From Variety.com:

Mark Hamill is directing a bigscreen adaptation of his comicbook miniseries "The Black Pearl" through new production and finance outfit Berkeley Square Films.

Project was originally penned for the big screen 14 years ago but then turned into a comicbook. The $7 million live-action pic is adapted by Hamill and "The Fighter's" Paul Tamasy and writing partner Eric Johnson. Hamill said the comic, which was published by Dark Horse Comics in 1996 and penned by Hamill and Johnson, is a "dark, edgy thriller" that the company hopes will receive an R rating.

Click here to read the full article by Diana Lodderhose of Variety.com.

Thanks to our own 'Jovial' Jay Shepard for the heads up!