Our fave tortured Lost doc is finding redemption on the big screen. Matthew Fox is in talks to star in the feature film Billy Smoke, based on the comic about a hit man looking to wash his sins away. And how does a killer come clean? Variety reports:
Matthew Fox is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros.' "Billy Smoke," based on the Oni Press comic about a hit man seeking redemption.
Project's produced by Basil Iwanyk at Thunder Road and Eric Gitter at Closed on Mondays Entertainment. Oni's Peter Sherwin will exec produce.
Story centers on an elite hit man who's nearly killed during a botched job and realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.
The comicbook series, written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Eric Kim, will be published by Oni Press next year. Moore recently wrote the comic "Leading Man," set up at Universal.
Think there will be polar bears?
[Variety]