Back in April, we brought you the news when Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) joined the cast of Universal Pictures forthcoming adaptation of 2 Guns with Mark Wahlberg (Contraband) and Denzel Washington (Safe House).

Now, Variety reports that Bill Paxton (Hatfields & McCoys, The Colony) is in talks to join the cast as a high ranking CIA operative in director Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband) adaptation of Steven Grant and Mat Santolouco‘s comic series published by Boom! Studios.

Boom! Studios Synopsis for 2 Guns:

A pulp story about cops and thieves and the men that are something in between. Trench has targeted a local bank to rob, and asked Steadman in on the job. Trench figures it’s a great way to score — considering it’s a cover for mob money. They’ll be thieves ripping off thieves. But what Steadman doesn’t know is that Trench is a DEA agent. And what Trench doesn’t know is that Steadman’s a Naval Intelligence officer. They’re both cops! And neither one knows that they’re not robbing the mob, they’ve been set up to steal $50 million from the CIA! A light-hearted crime romp in the vein of Ocean’s Thirteen and The Italian Job from comics legend, Steven Grant!

2 Guns is slated to hit theaters in 2013.