Mark Wahlberg has been attached to graphic novel adaptation 2 Guns for a couple of months now. Now it looks like he’ll be going toe-to-toe with Denzel Washington, as the Safe House star has entered talks to snatch the other lead role.
Steven Grant created the Boom! Studios title that fuels the film, which finds a DEA agent and an undercover naval intelligence officer unwittingly investigating each other as both steal mob money. Sounds like there will be more than two guns involved in this one…
While the movie was previously slated as a directing job for David O Russell, the apparent current chilliness between director and actor now means that Wahlberg has turned to his new helming buddy, Icelandic megaphone-wielder Baltasar Kormákur, who he just worked with on Contraband.
Universal is footing the bill for this one, having produced both Contraband and Safe House. It’s currently looking for another company to share the costs with, as movie bullets aren’t cheap these days.
Safe House will open its cinematic doors here on February 24. Washington also just finished working with Robert Zemeckis on pilot drama Flight. Wahlberg will next be seen in Seth McFarlane’s comedy Ted.