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Bruce Willis Close To Signing For Kane Half Of Videogame-Spawned Movie KANE & LYNCH??

I am – Hercules!!

From Wednesday’s Variety:

Willis will play Adam "Kane" Marcus, a mercenary who makes an unlikely alliance with a schizophrenic killer named James Lynch. The duo is forced on a mission to retrieve a stolen microchip. The vidgame has sold 2 million copies worldwide since its launch in November, 2007.

Willis (and "Bandits" co-star Billy Bob Thornton) have been rumored to be in the running for the project since November, but now we apparently have an actual contract drafted for Walter B's signature. Still no official word on Thornton.

Longtime stunt coordinator Simon Crane directs from a screenplay by somebody named Kyle Ward for Lionsgate.

I will rely on our gaming talkbackers to reveal whether or not the Willis character is the one on the left.

Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

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by evil twin
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:01:48 PM
never played the game
by two fathoms deep
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:04:20 PM
I thought this was announced like 4 months ago
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:04:25 PM
Old news?
by Super Rabbi
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:05:23 PM
Ah yes, the game that revealed ZDnet as sellouts
by blindambition238
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:05:46 PM
I Love Videogame Movies!!
by ILostMyDrumSet
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:05:49 PM
The game was basically a bunch of heists but it was fun
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:06:09 PM
At least it's not Uve.
by Budcrud
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:07:20 PM
And while he can pull off the look...
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:07:26 PM
Game had a great buildup.
by harosa
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:08:13 PM
Kool
by beetlegeuse
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:08:21 PM
Lynch looks like Paul Giamatti with Tom Hanks' 'Da Vinci' Hair
by RyanMurray
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:08:51 PM
wait a minute
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:09:40 PM
I think it'll work
by dejectedgeek
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:11:26 PM
Well...
by James_O'Nasty
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:12:24 PM
Yay!
by Lloytron
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:21:59 PM
Might be good
by Gd00
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:26:18 PM
But will it be better than Die Hard 4?
by The Dum Guy
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:45:24 PM
the game is shit
by mr.brownstone
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:48:35 PM
Bandits should have been what Kane and Lynch is
by hallmitchell
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:54:02 PM
JACK BLACK is JACK BLACK in...
by parallax_r
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:59:37 PM
Sorry for the cliche, but isn't this really too soon?....
by FlickaPoo
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:03:02 PM
I'm not really understanding the hate
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:03:32 PM
Brunomac...hope that was sarcasm
by j2talk
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:05:32 PM
Hate comes from
by Volstaff
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:07:57 PM
Bruce Willis is Blackwater...
by cha_im
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:08:00 PM
RyanMurray, you're half right
by Mullah Omar
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:15:31 PM
I'm waiting for the JOUST movie
by FlickaPoo
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:16:19 PM
When's Bill Murray
by Series7
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:17:54 PM
Microchip? What the fuck
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:18:27 PM
has to be Elrond Smith!
by pubgrundy
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:35:43 PM
what ever happened to the "splinter cell" movie?
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:42:09 PM
a film based on a video game based on ersatz guy ritchie
by newc0253
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:47:34 PM
Hey, Guy Who Got a Headache...
by ian n
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:52:03 PM
This game? How brazen.
by Toonol
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:01:34 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:23:56 PM
Everyone, settle down. . .
by fivezero
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:39:11 PM
the game didnt suck enough?
by BMacSmith
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:43:59 PM
needs the power of Quentin Tarintino
by theonecalledshoe
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:52:21 PM
Damnit, Billy Bob Thorton's great, but...
by The Grug
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:03:16 PM
Kane is on the left. Lynch is the long haired guy.
by MrMysteryGuest
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:10:07 PM
KYLE WARD
by The Real MiraJeff
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:27:27 PM
Steve Buscemi as Lynch
by EbertsFatThumb
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:29:12 PM
When Centauri died I cried a little...really did...
by FlickaPoo
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:32:39 PM
Fuck Walter B....and Die Hard 4
by Nuking the Fridge
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:34:36 PM
Um, Jackie Boy...
by depalma25
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:37:53 PM
bad game, good concept
by lex romero
Jun 3rd, 2008
08:43:09 PM
almost criminally overhyped crud game
by G100
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:13:45 PM
What about R-Type the flim ?
by G100
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:16:35 PM
depalma25
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:47:11 PM
But either way this movie'll have no balls
by Jackie Boy
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:51:18 PM
Shenmue 2: The Movie
by uVa
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:51:23 PM
fivezero
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:18:59 PM
"Giants: Citizen Kabuto" the movie
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:21:20 PM
"metroid prime" the movie
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:24:21 PM
Willis is perfect and this game has a good story
by Orionsangels
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:44:14 PM
This games was a Mann ripoff..........
by CyrusBlahBlah
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:52:42 PM
The movie could be better than the game...
by polyh3dron
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:54:54 PM
But yeah, get Michael Mann or Peter Berg to direct.
by polyh3dron
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:56:12 PM
wait, a stunt coordinator directs?? lolololol
by polyh3dron
Jun 3rd, 2008
10:57:28 PM
JJRedsky
by fivezero
Jun 3rd, 2008
11:15:06 PM
Ballistic: McClane vs. Sling Blade
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jun 3rd, 2008
11:21:29 PM
Bruce! Don't do it!
by Pop_aristocrat
Jun 3rd, 2008
11:30:27 PM
fivezero, my mistake
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Jun 3rd, 2008
11:50:13 PM
Can we stop pretending...
by ebonic_plague
Jun 4th, 2008
12:34:43 AM
Whatever happened to Monki?
by Quin the Eskimo
Jun 4th, 2008
12:45:07 AM
Videogame movies WILL NEVER WORK
by Bass Bastardson
Jun 4th, 2008
01:01:43 AM
Video Games kill time... unlike Films, TV & Comics then ?
by G100
Jun 4th, 2008
01:25:15 AM
"Longtime stunt coordinator Simon Crane directs" ???
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jun 4th, 2008
02:12:03 AM
I love video games too, no really, they're great, seriously...
by ebonic_plague
Jun 4th, 2008
03:02:15 AM
To me video simulators are like starring in the movie
by Orionsangels
Jun 4th, 2008
03:49:39 AM
Grand Theft Auto IV
by PR1C3Y
Jun 4th, 2008
04:28:39 AM
Didn't Brucie and Billy do this already!?
by FILMFUNK
Jun 4th, 2008
05:35:14 AM
The problem with Game to Movie is simple
by Lost Jarv
Jun 4th, 2008
05:46:53 AM
Jarv
by VXXXJesterXXXV
Jun 4th, 2008
06:28:18 AM
The problem with video game movies.
by Knuckleduster
Jun 4th, 2008
06:40:34 AM
Kane & Lynch
by Ckuouka
Jun 4th, 2008
06:41:27 AM
was it?
by Lost Jarv
Jun 4th, 2008
06:53:55 AM
ohhhh i see now
by Bouncy X
Jun 4th, 2008
06:54:53 AM
Good morning Jarv
by Abominable Snowcone
Jun 4th, 2008
07:33:19 AM
Didn't this get like the best scores ever?
by Damien Chowder
Jun 4th, 2008
10:50:51 AM
PC Gamer also gave it a bad review
by Freakemovie
Jun 4th, 2008
10:52:02 AM
So tired of video games as movies
by Jabroni
Jun 4th, 2008
10:52:46 AM
Once more 'cause 3 is comedy gold
by Marvinatmiddleage
Jun 4th, 2008
11:15:53 AM
Well THIS VideoGame/Movie does look shit. So fire away
by G100
Jun 4th, 2008
11:34:42 AM
Isn't that 'The Undertaker' from WWE?
by Darth Macchio
Jun 4th, 2008
11:34:48 AM
"The duo is forced on a mission to retrieve a stolen microchip"
by skimn
Jun 4th, 2008
12:04:53 PM
but who will play Jeff Gerstmann?
by Curious_Jorge
Jun 4th, 2008
02:55:15 PM
Wasn't this game shit?
by PirateEmery
Jun 4th, 2008
03:39:31 PM
Video games ALWAYS make the best movies.
by thedarklinglord
Jun 4th, 2008
05:01:04 PM
Headline : Bruce Willis New Cinematic Dung
by brakula
Jun 4th, 2008
05:14:01 PM
skimn RE:It Takes A Thief
by j2talk
Jun 4th, 2008
05:42:34 PM
skimn RE:It Takes A Thief
by j2talk
Jun 4th, 2008
05:45:23 PM
Am I The Only Person Who Enjoyed This?
by PR1C3Y
Jun 4th, 2008
07:28:17 PM

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