Dave Bautista to Star in Lionsgate Action Comedy ‘The Killer’s Game’
thewrap.comLionsgate announced on Monday that it has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to “The Killer’s Game,” an action comedy starring Dave Bautista and directed by JJ Perry.
Based on Jay Bonansinga’s novel of the same name, “The Killer’s Game” will see Bautista play Joe Flood, an assassin recently diagnosed with a terminal and painful illness who, determined to not suffer a slow, painful death, orders a hit on himself…only to find out that he was misdiagnosed and is healthy.
Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar and Endurance Media’s Steve Richards will produce, with Endurance Media financing. The film is written by Rand Ravich and “X-Men” franchise screenwriter Simon Kinberg, with recent rewrites by James Coyne.
Lionsgate will launch sales of the film at the Cannes Film Festival this month ahead of the start of production this summer. “We are so thrilled to be making‘The Killer’s Game’ with Lionsgate and Endurance,” says producer Andrew Lazar. “We have searched far and wide and we finally found the perfect Joe Flood in Dave Bautista, who balances compelling action and incredible comic timing better than anyone else.
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