Gore Verbinski will produce and direct a feature film based on Guy Delisle’s graphic novel Pyongyang, according to Deadline.  Steve Conrad (Pursuit of Happyness) has been assigned to write. 
The graphic novel is published in English by Drawn & Quarterly.
Verbinski’s next is Lone Ranger (see "New HD Trailer for 'The Lone Ranger'"), which will be released July 3rd (a Superbowl ad will flog the film this weekend).