A cinematic adaptation of the original Kane & Lynch game, developed by Hitman studio IO Interactive in 2007, was in development limbo for years with multiple A-list actors circling the project.
Nobody 2 director Timo Tjahjanto recently revealed on social media that he had crafted a treatment for the Kane & Lynch film starring David Harbour - best known as Stranger Things' Jim Hopper and Red Guardian in Thunderbolts*/New Avengers.
"While I never saw a script, I did write a short treatment a few years back when the property was still relevant," Tjahjanto shared. "I envisioned James Badge Dale and David Harbour in the leads, but it went nowhere."
Tjahjanto's treatment - typically a conceptual document studios use to develop full scripts - joins numerous unrealized attempts to bring Kane & Lynch to theaters.
The project previously had Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx attached before creative differences and script rewrites led to their departures.
A later iteration reportedly considered Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel for the titular roles, though production never materialized.
The franchise's momentum stalled after 2010's middling sequel Kane & Lynch: Dog Days, prompting IO Interactive to refocus exclusively on their Hitman series.
