Where there's 'Smoke' there's Matthew Fox and a 'Traitor'

Almost a year ago it was announced that 'LOST' star Matthew Fox had signed on to star in an adaption of the still yet to be released Oni Press graphic novel 'Billy Smoke'. The Hollywood reporter has revealed that 'Traitor' director Jeffrey Nachmanoff has signed on to direct.

Jeffrey Nachmanoff, the writer-director behind "Traitor," is puffing "Billy Smoke," signing up to direct the adaptation of the Oni Press comic book for Warner Bros.

Matthew Fox is attached to star in the assassin thriller, with Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road producing along with Oni's Eric Gitter, who is producing through the company's film arm, Closed on Mondays Entertainment.

The story centers on an elite hit man who is nearly killed during a botched job. He realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.

The comic book series, written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Eric Kim, will be published by Oni this year.

 The plot is a solid set up for a cool action film, but at this point with very little known of the actual source material it is hard to judge if it will offer anything fresh to the hitman genre.