David Harbour Eyed for Kane & Lynch Film in Lost Concept

A big-screen adaptation of the original Kane & Lynch game, developed by the Hitman studio IO Interactive and released in 2007, was in development for years, with various Hollywood stars attached at different stages.

In a recent social media post, Timo Tjahjanto, director of Nobody 2, revealed that he had crafted a treatment for the Kane & Lynch film, envisioning David Harbour—known for his roles as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things and Red Guardian in Thunderbolts/New Avengers—as one of the leads.

"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 shared. "Never got anywhere."

The Kane & Lynch movie project now seems to be indefinitely stalled. Tjahjanto's treatment was just one of many ideas floated for the film that never materialized.

For a period, Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx were attached to the project, but they both exited as the script underwent numerous revisions.

Later, another iteration of the film was reportedly set to feature Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel in the lead roles, but this too never came to fruition.

Following the lukewarm reception of the 2010 sequel, Kane & Lynch: Dog Days, IO Interactive shifted its focus entirely to the Hitman franchise, effectively putting the Kane & Lynch series on the back burner.