Variety is reporting that they may have just scored their first coup by convincing Bruce Willis to take on the role of Adam “Kane” Marcus, a mercenary who makes an unlikely alliance with a schizophrenic killer named James Lynch. The duo is forced to go on a mission to retrieve a stolen microchip.

The videogame has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since its launch in November, 2007. Kyle Ward wrote the screenplay adaptation of the game’s story.

If Willis comes on board as expected, the filmmakers will just need to find an actor to play Lynch in order to get shooting underway by the end of the year as they hope.

Askarieh and Alter are also developing Jonny Quest at Warner Bros., Hack/Slash at Rogue, and Spy-Hunter for Universal.”

The movie comes out tomorrow (Wednesday) and is based off the popular game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 2. I’ve never even played the game, but when I saw the preview for this a few months back, it was the exact film I get drawn to from time to time: Complete and utter glorified action and violence. Sort of like Smokin’ Aces, which was actually a decent movie with a nice plot.

You can watch the trailer here, fresh from YouTube.