'Bad Lieutenant' producers option 'Gun'

The producers of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans have optioned the film rights to Jonathan Lethem's Gun, With Occasional Music.

Gabe and Alan Polsky are looking to make a film based on Lethem's cult sci-fi noir novel, reports Variety.

Gun is written in the style of pulp writers like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. The story centres on a private detective who is hired by a man who claims that he has been framed for murder.

The book features bizarre concepts such as erotic nerve swapping and a menacing kangaroo with mob ties.

Several of Lethem's books have been optioned by Hollywood producers, including The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn.