Bradley Cooper is a busy man, who always seems to have about a hundred projects on his development slate (and unlike many actors, he actually makes the majority of moves he signs up for). Now he’s added a new one, as Deadline reports he’s developing an English-language remake of the German comedy Kokowaah, which could become his directorial debut is everything works out.

Inglorious Basterds star Til Schweiger co-wrote, directed and starred in the original, with a sequel released a few weeks ago in Germany. The first film was Germany’s highest-grossing film of 2011. Kokwaah, ‘explores the relationship between two men – carefree bachelor Henry and devoted husband and father Trevor – when they are forced to re-evaluate their lives after discovering the reality behind the paternity of Trevor’s 8-year-old daughter Maddy.’

Black List writers Scott Rothman & Rajiv Joseph are re-writing the screenplay, working from an earlier draft by Chris Shafer & Paul Vicknair.

Bradley Cooper’s star was starting to wobble, as while The Hangover thrust him up the Hollywood tree, his output outside that franchise has been patchy. However his Oscar nomination for Silver Linings Playbook seems to have given his career fresh impetus.

Deadline reports that he’s now got a new project in the works, as Warner Bros. has acquired the James Renner novel The Man From Primrose Lane, which will be put together as a starring vehicle for Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper.

The book is about a true-crime writer called David Neff (Bradley Cooper), who is investigating the death of a recluse known as “the man with one thousand mittens.” This leads him to become obsessed with another string of murders, where he discovers his own connection to the crimes. The author realises that in order to catch the killer and stop this endless cycle of murder, he must challenge what is known to be true about time and space.

Southland writer Chad Feehan is penning the screenplay adaptation, with Bradley Cooper producing alongside Kevin McCormick.