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Comic-Con: 'Max Payne's' Mila Kunis, Ludacris and Mark Wahlberg

02:31 PM PT, Jul 24 2008
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Well, now we know what makes Marky Mark "all warm in the pants."

Try a crowd of thousands of young fans at Comic-Con rapt with attention over his upcoming action thriller "Max Payne."

Surprising too, considering that outside of the "Tomb Raider" movies, video game adaptations typically yield limited success.

"Max Payne" dares to throw its hat in the treacherous ring, though, with some popular actors in the lead roles: Mila Kunis, Ludacris and Mark Wahlberg.

Along with director John Moore, all were on hand for the movie's panel. And the crowd's reaction made Mark Wahlberg, in his own words, "all warm in the pants."

Coming off of roles in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "The Happening," respectively (and for Wahlberg, finishing up "The Lovely Bones"), Mila and Mark were both gung-ho about doing an all-out actioner.

Mila says she's a gamer. Mark was just ready to "break some heads."

Ludacris inspired loud applause, and got a lot of love from Wahlberg, who praised the rapper's commitment, not only to the project, but to acting in general.

-- Jevon Phillips

Photo: Cast and director from “Max Payne,” Left-r, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Ludacris and director John Moore, right, on stage in Hall H. Photo by Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times

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Growing up, Geoff Boucher always wanted to be a mild-mannered reporter working for a major metropolitan newspaper....or maybe a wookiee. He came to the Los Angeles Times in 1991 and, after years covering crime and local politics, he switched to the Hollywood beat covering film and music. Now he's the paper's go-to geek.

Also contributing: The Legion of Super-Bloggers here at the Hero Complex includes Yvonne Villarreal, a Times staffer whose earliest memory of wanting to be a journalist stems from watching broadcast reporter April O'Neil on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series; Jevon Phillips, a Times staffer who specializes in our favorite television shows, especially "Heroes" and the frakking brilliant "Battlestar Galactica;" Denise Martin, another Times staffer, who has an undying passion for "Twilight" and anyone ever enrolled at Hogwarts; and Gina McIntyre, a Times editor who learned her craft by watching too many slasher films.

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