Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Dave Bautista-led action comedy “The Killer’s Game” which will hail from “Day Shift” director J.J. Perry.
Based on Jay Bonansinga’s novel, the story follows veteran assassin Joe Flood (Bautista), who is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow.
After ordering the kill, he finds out that he was misdiagnosed and must then fend off the army of former colleagues who are trying to take him out at all costs.
“X-Men” alum Rand Ravich and Simon Kinberg pen the series with recent rewrites by James Coyne. Additional casting is currently underway, with shooting kick-off this Summer.
Andrew Lazar, Steve Richards, Kia Jam, Jake Katofsky and Vanessa Humphrey will produce whilst Bautista and Jonathan Meisner will executive produce. Sales of the film will be launched at the Cannes Film Festival.
Bautista can currently be seen in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3” and will soon be seen in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” film. He most recently appeared in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Knock at the Cabin” and in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”.
Source: Lionsgate
