Back in August, we brought you the news when Mark Wahlberg (Contraband) began negotiations to take one of the two lead roles in the big-screen adaptation of Steven Grant and Mat Santolouco‘s comic series published by Boom! Studios entitled Two Guns for Universal Pictures.

Now, Deadline reports that Denzel Washington (Safe House) is in early talks to join the Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband) directed adaptation, alongside Mark Wahlberg.

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.