Kutcher is a Killer?

Does babyfaced prank-puller Ashton Kutcher have the chops to play a cold killer?

Not without a comic edge, apparently. The trucker hat-wearing cougar-catcher is starring in FIVE KILLERS, an action-comedy about a reformed hitman who has been targeted by a quintet of assassins, courtesy of an unknown person from his past. Perhaps a PUNK’D victim. Or Mr. Goodkat.

Robert Luketic (21, LEGALLY BLONDE) is directing the Lionsgate project, which started as a spec by writer Bob Derosa (THE AIR I BREATHE) and OCEAN’S ELEVEN writer Ted Griffin is now taking a crack at the script.