Back in February, we brought you the news when Denzel Washington (Safe House) joined Mark Wahlberg (Contraband) on the cast of the Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband) directed adaptation of Steven Grant and Mat Santolouco‘s comic series published by Boom! Studios entitled 2 Guns for Universal Pictures.

Now, Deadline reports that the lovely and talented Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) is now in talks to join the cast of 2 Guns as the love interest of Denzel Washington‘s character in the film.

[Poor Denzel, such a rough gig]

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.