Colin Firth, the filmmakers’ choice as veteran spy for The Secret Service

The Academy Award-winning star ofThe King’s Speech, Colin Firth is in negotiations with the makers ofThe Secret Service, the Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the popular Marvel comic series.

Though it was confirmed that Firth has been roped in for the role of a veteran spy in the big-screen adaptation, a spokesperson from the 20th Century Fox studio refused to comment on the same and referred all casting inquiries to the director's production company Marv Films, the financer of the project. But the producers also didn’t show much willingness on coming out clear on the deal.

While the project has been described as "James Bond meets My Fair Lady” by Mark Millar, one of the creators of the graphic novel, according to Firth the movie with Vaughn would be "unlike anything I've done." The shooting of the film is expected to begin from this August while 20th Century Fox, which acquired the film’s distribution rights defeating Universal Pictures, has been eyeing a Nov. 14, 2014 release forThe Secret Service.