The upcoming film adaptation based on Eidos Kayne & Lynch game franchise is looking solid. Variety reports that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is in final negotiations to join another Hollywood heavyweight, Bruce Willis, in the Lions Gate project. Foxx is in talks to play Lynch, while Willis has reportedly been on board to play Kane since 2008. The film is being helmed by Simon Crane in his feature directorial debut. The script is being written by Kyle Ward, the screenwriter behind another game-to-film project in the works based on Sony’s Uncharted franchise. Two of the producers behind the Kane & Lynch film are Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter, both credited with the successful adaptation of another Eidos game property, Hitman. David Willis and Stephen Eads of Millennium Films are also producing. Variety says production is slated to start in August, the same month Eidos is releasing the sequel in the franchise, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Read more at Variety.
