HITMAN Is Finally Greenlit! But Vin Diesel Got Whacked!!
Hey, everyone. ?Moriarty? here.
I?ve played a bit of HITMAN, the Eidos game that inspired this film, and it?s fun. Like any game-to-film adaptation, though, there?s a lot of heavy lifting required to turn it into a narrative worth watching.
And it looks like Skip (SWORDFISH) Woods has nailed it. At least, whatever he just turned in has finally gotten the film a greenlight. For a while now, Vin Diesel is the name that?s been attached to the film as star.
Nope. It?s Timothy Olyphant instead. And, frankly, I think that?s awesome casting. I?m a huge fan of DEADWOOD, I can?t wait to see him play another growling, deadly sonofabitch.
Luc Besson has just come aboard the film to co-produce along with Chuck Gordon, Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter, and the film should be in theaters as early as next fall from 20th Century Fox.
I love the Besson-produced action films that Fox has been releasing the last few years. I wish he was directing more often, but I don?t really care who?s behind the camera as long as the films maintain that same standard of kick-assery, and this one provides at least the opportunity for more of the same. Fingers crossed.
HITMAN Is Finally Greenlit! But Vin Diesel Got Whacked!!
Olyphant is a very good actor (Deadwood, Girl Next Door, A Man Apart). I dont know how he will do in this role thought. He has a great sence of being a sarcastic prick when it calls for it. I like Vin but didnt want to see him in this movie. The character is DEAD ON for Jason Statham but that couldnt happen because it would be just Transporter 3. Its nice to see Besson attached to it, considering he’s a god of action/dramas.