I hope Josh Hartnett graduates from high school soon.  I wonder what college he'll go to and how his career will progress as he matures and...what?  He's 31?  Like in dog years?  He's 31.  Does he have a portrait of himself in his attic that just gets older for him?  Well, it looks like he'll be playing the lead in the upcoming film "Gunslinger" which I guess they'll have set in an alternate world where a 14-year-old can buy firearms along with some Axe Body Spray.  Hit the jump to tell Hartnett that "Halo" skills don't translate to real weapons.

Alright, I'll take a brief break from making jokes about Hartnett's inability to age to report [via Variety] that Harnett will star in "Gunslinger", which may sound similar to other movies: "a revenge-driven tale set in the near future in the snowy wasteland of a post-apocalyptic America."  Actually, I can't really think of any other major films that are like that.  Nevermind.  Variety goes on to report that Hartnett will play a man who, along with his brother, sets out to kill the gang who killed their parents.  I guess everyone needs a hobby in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.  However, it will be unconvincing if Hartnett buys an adult beverage at a post-apocalyptic wasteland tavern.

"This story takes a unique and startling look at what might happen when the lawlessness of the Old West returns ... but with better weapons," says producer Mark Williams.  Oooh!  The old west with futurist weapons!  That does sound new!