Brining the Payne!

Max Payne news these days - movie or game news?  Why, movie news of course as the popular slow-motion and grisly videogame is going all Hollywood on us by getting a cinematic experience to call its very own.  With its cast of macabre, crazy characters and movie-ready story of revenge and heartbreak (not to mention plenty of stylized, hyper-action sequences) the only question is why wasn't this one optioned a long time ago.

With Mark Wahlberg taking up the titular role in this increasingly-good looking production and direction from John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines), the live-action version of the game could be the breakout conversion hit that so many, many videogame-to-film adaptations have failed to be.  We've seen one interesting trailer already, and now there's a set of interesting posters to get you all excited and pumped.  Straight from the mean and dirty streets of San Diego and their fancy-pants Comic Con, the more I see of Max Payne means the more I want to see of Max Payne.  Is this a perfect perpetual-motion machine of marketing?  Probably, but let's just hope the final product doesn't suck!

Big ups to JoBlo.com for all this movie madness!