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Report: Hitman film not blowing its cover until August 2015
Hitman: Agent 47 is the latest silver-screen video game adaptation to go the way of the delay, according to multiple reports. Hollywood Reporter and Deadline says the film based on IO Interactive's stealth series is due on August 28, 2015, after 20th Century Fox pushed it back six months from its original date of February 27. For those of you just tuning in, this isn't Hitman's first showing on the big screen. Indeed, we're coming up to the 7th anniversary of the first Hitman film, a critically panned affair as attested to by its 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Zachary Quinto signs on for Hitman movie reboot 'Agent 47'
Zachary Quinto has been cast in Fox's upcoming Hitman movie reboot, Agent 47. The report, which comes from Deadline Hollywood, does not mention the role Quinto will play. Zachary Quinto is best known as Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot and its sequel, Star Trek: Into Darkness. Quinto previously played Sylar on NBC's Heroes and is currently in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway. Agent 47, the follow-up to the 2007 Hitman film starring Timothy Olyphant, was originally set to star Fast & Furious star Paul Walker before the actor passed away in a car crash last November. Earlier this month, news that Homeland's Rupert Friend was set to replace Walker proved the project would carry on despite Walker's death. The film will be directed by Aleksander Bach, based on a script from Skip Woods and Michael Finch.
Agent 47 voice actor pleads the 5th on Hitman 5
In an interview with The Liberty Gaming.com, David Bateson, the ice cold voice of Agent 47 in the Hitman games, was reluctant to say much about the mysterious next sequel in the series. "As recently as this year, I even had someone call me up from IO Interactive to ask me to remove the fact that I was set to record the next installment in the franchise," Bateson told the site, "which I had written up as upcoming news on my website. I respect that of course, a comment like that can create all sorts of headaches to people with development deadlines to meet." "I have to plead the 5th Amendment on this one," Bateson said, before admitting that the new project has undergone "delays" -- despite the process being "a well oiled machine on recording day." That's not to say he just waltzed into the gig. "It seems that with company buy outs and global power shifts in the world of computer gaming and the Hitman franchise, there is now an LA-based caster on board, who is responsible for voice casting, and I had to audition along with the rest of the planet for the right to play Agent 47," Bateson recounted. "However, I have been informed by IO Interactive that I still have the part. I won't even bother to describe how gutted I would have been if they went for a sound-a-like."
Hitman plot publicized, Agent 47 pursues 'damaged' girl
Twentieth Century Fox has released the plot synopsis for the Hitman movie, revealing that a pinch of double-0 instinct has been added to Agent 47's cold-blooded repertoire. In between dodging Interpol and pursuing those who've betrayed him, ol' 47 notices some "unfamiliar emotions" bubbling up from the nether region. Even a supposedly enhanced clone ain't immune to a "beautiful, damaged" girl, it would seem.Hitman is starting to sound a lot like star Timothy Olyphant's last flick Catch & Release, in which he falls for a woman damaged by the death and secrets of her fiancé. Uh-oh Mr. Bullock, you been typecast.
Deadwood star replaces Vin Diesel in Hitman movie
No, not Swearengen! Vin Diesel has been replaced by Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant as star of the upcoming Hitman movie, reports Ain't It Cool News. Bullock as Agent 47? Perhaps Olyphant's range as an actor will lend itself to the role of a brooding sociopath -- more so than what "The Pacifier" could bring to the big screen.Whatever the outcome, Skip Woods has completed his script, and the Hitman project has received the greenlight, with Luc Besson (Transporter 2) recently climbing aboard as co-producer. Hitman could be in theatres as early as next fall. We ain't holding our breath.
Swordfish writer to pen Hitman movie
Skip Woods has been enlisted to write the screenplay for the upcoming movie adaptation of Hitman, which will star Vin Diesel as Agent 47. Woods is best known for 2001's Swordfish, but also penned the 1998 indie film Thursday. He'll receive a modest mid-six figure payment for his work on Hitman. Currently, the movie is scheduled for a 2007 release. [Thanks, bandersnatch]
Diesel meets Hitman
Nope, there hasn't been some tragic attempt on Vin's life. Rather he has signed on to play Agent 47 in the movie version of Hitman. Having mulled it over for a few minutes, this is a pretty good bit of casting. Sure, Vin isn't the greatest actor around, but he's A) bald, and B) suitably badass enough to pull this off. I mean for all it's problems, XXX wasn't bad. *crickets chirping* Plus, if stories are to be believed, Vin is a big gamer, so hopefully he won't want to see the game license messed up. There's also a good possibility that Vin will also become the face and voice of Agent 47 in future games.
