Editorials > Mark Wahlberg is Max Payne (There is a God!)

What is it with Hollywood and their nifty casting choices lately that deal with high profile video game adaptations? First it was Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47 and now we have Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne? Whoah, is the world coming to an end that I don't know of? Well according to Variety, Wahlberg will be playing Max Payne in the adaptation that most of us gamers have been anticipating for over 6 years. For those of you poor souls who don't know who Max Payne is, here's a snippet from Rock Star:

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, and now hunted by the cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win.

Sounds like an excellent and perfect role for Wahlberg. John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix and The Omen) will direct a script written by Beau Thorne.