Matthew Fox is Billy Smoke, Josh Holloway in Stay Cool
Our Lost Men are in busy with movie negotiations, now that the show is on hiatus.
Matthew Fox, according to Coming Soon, is set to do a film about Billy Smoke.
Matthew Fox (Speed Racer, "Lost") is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros.’ Billy Smoke, based on the Oni Press comic about a hit man seeking redemption, says Variety. The project is produced by Basil Iwanyk at Thunder Road and Eric Gitter at Closed on Mondays Entertainment. Oni’s Peter Sherwin will executive produce. The 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 comic book series, written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Eric Kim, will be published by Oni Press next year.
Josh Holloway, meanwhile, is in talks with producers of an upcoming Chevy Chase movie, Stay Cool, which starts shooting in California this month, according to Empire.
Holloway has joined the cast of Stay Cool, the new comedy from the Polish Brothers, Mark (who writes, acts and produces) and Michael (who writes, produces and directs).
However, Holloway – perhaps taking a leaf from Fox’s book – is not playing the lead in the movie, which is a comedy about a successful author who is forced to confront his old high school crush – and the jock who is her ex-boyfriend – when he returns to his hometown to deliver an address to graduating seniors.
Instead, Mark Polish will play the author, with Winona Ryder scheduled to play the crush. Holloway will play the jock – which is pretty good casting, and a smart move on his part to take supporting roles in movies, rather than leaping right into a lead that might crash and burn.
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