Jamie Foxx plays James Lynch in "Kane and Lynch"

By Siewaun
Reference: Variety

Jamie Foxx ("The Kingdom," "Law Abiding Citizen") has signed on to play the rage-prone killer James Lynch in the feature adaptation of the Eidos videogame "Kane and Lynch: Dead Men," joining Bruce Willis who signed on in 2008 to play mercenary Adam "Kane" Marcus, for Lionsgate and Millennium Films.

Simon Crane, a British stuntman, stunt co-ordinator, second unit director, will make his directorial debut directing this feature.

Adapted by Kyle Ward ("3 Rounds," "Fiasco Heights") the live-action feature revolves around Kane and Lynch, who are forced to pair up and have 72 hours to travel the world and recover a doomsday device before Kane's kidnapped wife and daughter are killed by the criminals who broke them out of prison.

Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter will produce alongside David Willis (Bruce Willis' brother), Stephen Eads and Millennium.

Production is scheduled to begin in August.