New Hitman Photo Revealed

Hitman

USA Today has published a new photo (seen above) from Fox’s big screen adaptation of the popular Hitman video game. While I will admit that this film appears to have style, I’m still not interested in seeing it. The official plot synopsis follows:

Agent 47 (Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire. His most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work.  47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his neck, and his only name. The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political takeover.  Both Interpol and the Russian military chase the HITMAN across Eastern Europe as he tries to find out who set him up and why they’re trying to take him out of the game.  But the greatest threat to 47’s survival may be the stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a beautiful, damaged girl.

If the film’s movie trailer didn’t scare you away, here is star Timothy Olyphant to give you at least two reasons not to see the movie.

“I know people want you to be true to the game, but no one really wants to go pay for a movie to watch a video game,” Olyphant told USA Today. “And, look, it’s a movie. You’ve got to have the girl in it. I just hope the fans feel I’m the character they’re used to.”

Hitman stars Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Offei, Robert Knepper and Ulrich Thomsen. The film hits theaters on October 12.

  • Mitch
    And there we go. He just killed the little desire I had to go see the movie. It's a shame.
  • John Henderson
    The first draft of this movie got released awhile go. And all i can say it seemed awesome from the draft. check imdb if you want it.
  • Graviti
    Nooo thank you. Just having a young dude play 47 is enough for me to bypass this movie.
  • Zach
    is it just me or does this movie look awful?
  • Rman
    My god this is going to be horrible. No, the movie doesn't need a girl in it to melt his ice cold heart... it's such a standard, boring, tired, shake-n-bake hollywood formula. This will no doubt be another neutered pg-13 crapfest that will embarass anyone who pays $12 (YES $12 if you live in big coast cities) to see it. And yeah, Timmy, I'm paying to watch a video game movie that resembes the video game in emotion and in spirit. Funny how people who don't pay to see movies actually think they know what the PAYING public wants to see. Yes, it's just a movie, but why do something sucky when it can be so cool. The game company should've gotten a european company to produce it.
  • Tim Olyphant is soooo the wrong casting choice for this movie. Did the producers even glance at the game before casting? Hitman is supposed to be bad ass - bald Tim Olyphant is NOT bad ass.
  • Scott Perry
    Am I the only person who would pay to watch a video game? Come on! This is probably the reason why ALL of the video game adaptations have never lived up to its counterparts. Its because they don't feel like the games at all.

    Hollywood has it all wrong. Make the movies EXACTLY like the games ,but with a few different twists and turns and THE GAMERS WILL LOVE YOU.

    I hate it when Hollywood thinks they know everything about video games and when they finally research outside their little plasic bubble they'll discover something different.

    I want my theory tested. Make the adaptations like the games.
  • Mitch
    The only problem with that Scott is that gamers represent such a small part of the industry. Everything is marketed towards the casual players.
  • Lord Deimos
    Uhhh did ANY of the producers/director/crew even bother to look at the character in the game before hiring this dude to play hitman? what they have done here is like getting eddie murphy to play Dante in DMC. terribly BAD choice. i would've liked to see the dude in transporter 2 or even Vin Diesel play as hitman.
  • tell you the truth when i first saw the trailer i thought the movie would be absolutely horrible, but it was actually pretty awesome. Except the girl part, she shouldn't have been in it.
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