Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne

Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in "Max Payne," Fox's adaptation of the hit video game.

The story centers on a DEA agent named Max Payne who is framed for the murder of a fellow agent and finds himself in the middle of a mob war, which gives him a chance to avenge the Mafia slayings of his wife and child.

John Moore ("Flight of the Phoenix") is directing.

Wahlberg, currently shooting Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones," was most recently in theaters with the crime drama "We Own the Night."

Via reuters