Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton mooted as stars of Kane and Lynch Movie

Lionsgate, the Hollywood studio, is fast-tracking a movie based on the next video game franchise from the developers of Lara Croft.

The independent filmmaker has bought the rights to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men from Eidos, the publisher owned by the London-listed games group SCi. The project marks the first time a studio has bet on making a major game-based film before the release of the game itself.

Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton are said to be in the running to play Kane and Lynch, two escapees from death row - one "a flawed mercenary", the other "a medicated psychopath". The game is due for release next Friday.

[predator]

that could be interesting.

[MK_Red]

Nice find.
Agreed but both actors seem a bit too nice for the role. For Lynch, I'd suggest Josh Brolin (Doc Brok of Grindhouse: Planet Terror) and for Kane, Willis could be a good Kane some good make-up though.

[maggotmx]

=O!! YES! holy crap bruce Willis is the sh*t!! yippie ka yaya mofokr =)

[bym051d]

Oh come on... they already did a movie where they were criminal partners. It's called Bandits.

Can Hollywood please try to do something fresh?

[socomnick]

They did change , bruce willis no longer has hair.

[malingenie]

I was gonna say that, its pretty awkward. Highly pigeonholed.

[Neurotoxin]

I hear Matt Damon is going to be playing Master Chef.

Ho Ho Ho, yes i`m aware i spelt chief wrong.

[skagrerrrr]

matt damon is going to play... jason bourne?

[Hades1337]

but good luck in actually convincing two big Hollywood actors to star in a video-game adaption, no matter how much it resembles a movie.

[jlytle1234]

i doubt anything comes of this since theres a writers strike and nothing in hollywood is getting penned or even thinking about penning a draft.

[OOG FunK]

that be cool....now if Hitman only had Jason Statham... then that would be good lol

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

i always thought bruce willis made a good sam fisher...sam fisher looks just like him in double agent

[n00dl3s]

Now if they can make a Half Life movie starring Edward Norton I can die happy.

[Jo0j]

If I was casting, looking at the above pic, I would go with Michael Ironside & Jack Nicholson...they have the talent, but they are kinda old for it though.