Kane & Lynch Movie: David Harbour Considered for Role

A big screen adaptation of the original Kane & Lynch game, developed by the Hitman studio IO Interactive and released back in 2007, has been in development for years, with various Hollywood stars attached to the project at different points.

In a recent social media post, Nobody 2 director Timo Tjahjanto shared that he had written a treatment for the Kane & Lynch film that would have starred David Harbour, known for his roles as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things and as Red Guardian, Florence Pugh's dad in Thunderbolts/New Avengers.

"Never seen a script, but a couple of years ago when that property was still kinda hot. I wrote a short treatment with James Badge Dale and David Harbour in mind," Tjahjanto wrote. "Never gotten anywhere."

The Kane & Lynch movie seems to be dead in the water. Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images. Tjahjanto can perhaps find some comfort in knowing that his treatment—one of many ideas for a Kane & Lynch movie—never made it to the screen.

For several years, Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx were attached to the project, but both dropped out as the film's script went through multiple rewrites. Later, another version reportedly set to star Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel in the lead roles also never materialized.

Ultimately, after the release of the average sequel Kane & Lynch: Dog Days in 2010, IO Interactive shifted focus entirely to their Hitman franchise.