April 11, 2012 - 17:13 AMT
“Ghost Protocol” star Paula Patton poised to join “2 Guns” cast

Paula Patton is in talks to star with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in 2 Guns, a film that’s based on a Steven Grant graphic novel published by Boom! Studios, according to Deadline.

Baltasar Kormakur, who just directed Wahlberg in the remake of his film Contraband, is helming. The script was written by Blake Masters. Emmett/Furla Films is co-financing, and Universal will distribute domestically. Marc Platt is producing along with Boom!’s Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie, and Randall Emmett and George Furla.

Patton is coming off the female lead in Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, the Brad Bird-directed hit.

In 2 Guns, Patton will play Washington’s love interest. She just completed Disconnect opposite Alexander Skarsgard and Jason Bateman.

Denzel and Mark are set to play an undercover naval intelligence officer and a drug enforcement administration agent who soon realize they have been set up by the mob.