It looks like our good friend Marky Mark is in negotiations to do a movie based on the first person shooter Max Payne. We get the news from the legendary caves of Yahoo:
Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in “Max Payne,” Fox’s adaptation of the hit video game. The story centers on a DEA agent named Max Payne who is framed for the murder of a fellow agent and finds himself in the middle of a mob war, which gives him a chance to avenge the Mafia slayings of his wife and child.
We will often flap our gums about how movies that are based on video games usually suck balls. This movie may be no exception, but a cop on the run revenge story is hard to mess up and hopefully this is a film that will buck the trend.
Marky Mark is also a beloved piece of man meat with solid acting chops and I am never upset to see him in anything. I am not sure if Marky Mark will be able to draw people to this movie, but I do think that people will give it a chance if he is the lead. The only thing that seems strange to me is that the video game was released in 2001 and the sequel in 2003, I am just wondering if the game still has enough nostalgic fans to pull them into the theatre?
