Legendary Entertainment has picked up feature rights for the latest nonfiction title from author Annie Jacobsen as a potential project for filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.

The company has optioned Nuclear War: A Scenario, which hit shelves last month and examines the nuclear military establishment. Villeneuve is in talks with Legendary to be involved in the project, which could include serving as producer, writer or director, or some combination of those roles. His longtime producing partner Tanya Lapointe would be involved as well.

Villeneuve and Legendary are currently developing a third movie in his Dune series that is based on the writings of sci-fi author Frank Herbert. Dune: Part Two, which hit theaters in March from Warner Bros., is currently the years highest-grossing film domestically, having surpassed $250 million.

Jacobsen was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her 2015 book, The Pentagons Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, Americas Top-Secret Military Research Agency.

The development follows the success of Universals Oppenheimer, with the Christopher Nolan film that focused on the creation of the atomic bomb collecting seven Oscars and surpassing $950 million at the global box office.

Deadline was first to report the news about Nuclear War: A Scenario.

More to come.