The first unofficial images of Denzel Washington, shiny of tooth and spiffy of hat, on the set of 2 Guns have made it to the Web. Based on the pulpy Steven Grant comic, it stars Washington as Trench (a DEA agent) and Mark Wahlberg as Steadman (a naval officer), who team up to rip off the mob. Neither realizes the other is undercover nor that theyâre actually being set up to steal from the CIA. Wahlbergâs Contraband director Baltasar Kormakur is helming the pic, which is described (in the novel, at least) as âa light-hearted crime romp in the vein of Oceanâs Thirteen and The Italian Job.â The solid supporting cast includes Edward James Olmos as a villainous drug lord, Paula Patton as Washingtonâs fellow DEA agent and love interest, Bill Paxton as a high-ranking CIA operative and James Marsden as a naval commander. The script comes from Blake Masters (Showtimeâs Brotherhood). Hit the jump to check out the pics.We donât yet know what the typically gritty Kormakur will do with the material, but itâs reasonable to assume that, at some point, Washingtonâs character (who again, is named Trench) will kick someone in the throat and be like, âThatâs Trench-foot, asshole.âHereâs the official synopsis for Steven Grantâs graphic novel (via Boom! Studios):
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 itâs a great way to score â considering itâs a cover for mob money. Theyâll be thieves ripping off thieves. But what Steadman doesnât know is that Trench is a DEA agent. And what Trench doesnât know is that Steadmanâs a Naval Intelligence officer. Theyâre both cops! And neither one knows that theyâre not robbing the mob, theyâve been set up to steal $50 million from the CIA! A light-hearted crime romp in the vein of Oceanâs Thirteen and The Italian Job from comics legend, Steven Grant!
Check out the pictures below (via JoBlo):