Lost star Matthew (Dr. Jack) Fox is going to be joining writer-director Jeffery Nachmanoff (Traitor) for Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Oni Press’s indie comic Billy Smoke.

Never heard of Billy Smoke? That’s because it’s not even out yet: Oni Press will be publishing the comic (about a rogue assassin) sometime this year.

Fox will be playing a hit man who nearly loses his life when a job goes bad. Realizing the evil he has done, the assassin has a grand change of heart, declaring that the only way to truly redeem himself is to rid the world of all assassins (a pretty lofty goal).

I don’t know… I shouldn’t judge a comic book by its cover, but this concept makes me feel like writer B. Clay Moore and illustrator Eric Kim saw the film version of Wanted last Summer and were ...

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