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Sunday Comics: Dead Island The big screen version of crime series Kane & Lynch keeps losing director after director. According to the Los Angeles Times, the flick has – you guessed it – lost its latest director.
First veteran stunt coordinator Simon Crane was going to direct Kane & Lynch. Now, he’s not. Then, Running Scared director Wayne Kramer was in discussions to helm the picture. Now, he’s not.
Meet Simon Crane. He’s got huge balls. Obviously, we’re not talking about actual testicular size per se – you could have a rhinoceros penis and elephant nards for all I know. No, we’re talking about nerves of steel.
According to Variety, Bruce Willis is slated for the Kane & Lynch movie adaptation. Bruno will play mercenary Adam “Kane” Marcus, who with batshit insane partner James Lynch is out to retrieve a stolen microchip. Willis has been rumoured to play Kane since last fall — and Billy Bob Thornton is supposed to be Lynch, but that’s not confirmed. Veteran stunt coordinator Simon Crane will make his directing debut and helm the picture, and scribe Kyle Ward will pen the script. The flick will be produced by the guys that brought Hitman to the silver screen. Reviews for the film will be met with apprehension from the game community.
Kane And Lynch Movie [Variety via AICN][Pic]
Now that Kane & Lynch is finally upon us, we can move our attention towards different things, such as the forthcoming Kane & Lynch movie. The Times Online reports that two stars are already under consideration. 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.
I’d daresay that this would be the most appropriate video game movie casting since they got Billy Bob’s ex-wife to strap on guns for Tomb Raider – another Eidos game incidentally. If the two ended up working together on this film, it could be the first time a video game movie was more enjoyable than the game itself.
Hollywood pounces on Lara Croft successor [Times Online]
