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Matthew Fox Eyes Big Screen Comic Adaptation
Published 6/30/2008 at LOST -- The Tail Section
It's crazy these days how books and comics get sold to Hollywood before they're even published, but that's the way the game is played.  The Hollywood Reporter announced today that Matthew Fox is in negotiations to star in a big screen adaptation of B. Clay Moore's upcoming comic book series Billy Smoke.  According to the Reporter, "The story centers on an elite hit-man who is nearly killed during a botched job.  He realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins." ...

But will he cry each time he kills someone?
Published 7/2/2008 at OH NO!!
Matthew Fox Eyes Comic-Book Film Matthew Fox is in negotiations to take the lead role in an adaptation of B. Clay Moore's upcoming comic-book series Billy Smoke, about a hit man on a mission to kill every other assassin in the world. The series will be published in late 2009. Warner Bros. has optioned it as a potential vehicle for the Lost star, who recently appeared in the studio's Speed Racer. Source