‘Hitman 2′ Recruits Young Writer

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 25, 2009

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Kyle Ward can add another project to his ‘In Development’ pile. After writing Kane and Lynch for Lionsgate (a drama featuring Bruce Willis) and Fiasco Heights for Universal, he’s also going to be writing the sequel to Hitman that is inventively titled Hitman 2.

According to Variety, the bare bones of the story feature Agent 47 starting up from a dark place mentally and career-wise in order to regain his reputation as the best assassin on the planet.

As a reminder, the original film was basically a box office failure, although it turned a profit, written by Skip Woods (the guy who wrote Swordfish and X-Men Origins: Wolverine). So…it’s tough to understand what would propel Fox to attack this one head on. Since it’s in the beginning stages, there’s no information on whether Timothy Olyphant would be back on board (or if Fox would want him), but we’ll keep an eye on it just in case something interesting develops.

Most likely, what will develop is another fairly average action flick. Although, who knows what this new writer could do. Maybe he’s just the spark that this project needs to get some life.

What do you think? Did you like Hitman enough to care to want to see a sequel?

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Sam

Hitman for me was more enjoyable for me than alot of other game based flicks.
-game fan here-

RobHunter

I'm not sure how Hitman can be both a box-office failure and turn a profit in it's theatrical release before DVD dollars even come into play... The movie cost $30 million and made $99 million worldwide (almost $40 mil domestic). I guess what I'm trying to say is you're an idiot and your PhD is highly suspect.

Cole_Abaius

I stand corrected. As far as the expectations game, it didn't do as well as they wanted. But you're right - it's more accurate to say that than to say it was a failure.

But of course movies can be failures and turn a profit, especially noting that with ad costs, Hitman would have lost money if International hadn't been so strong.

Makes me wonder if they'll stick with the regular budget or try to up the ante this time.

esther cannon

Hitman was garbage.

Adam Brunke

I don't know about garbage. Any movie that you get to see Olga Kurylenko naked in can't really be garbage. It is by no means a good "movie" but it had it's fantastic parts.

esther cannon

I only meant garbage in terms of characters with an arc, logic in the story telling, twists in its unfolding, good acting. Movie stuff. Olga's a piece if ass but you can get that off the internet without the agony of sitting through such muck.

c-love

k the games are sick and timothy olgavit or wat ever is amazing as an actor, in a man apart he was rite on, if they do a sequal then he has to be in it, it raked in money cuz it looked sick, but it had the same problem that transporter 3 had, the ok girl, that is just there to be there, get that outta movies and show some james bond stuff where he says im bond, goes and sleeps with her then back to work lol, hitman 2 will be sick thx guys

Chille

Why the hell would they make a Kane and Lynch movie? Not only did the game suck, the story was awful and nobody bought it.

HGMIV

IMO, it was one of the most faithful video game movies to date. It wasn't a great movie, but it was a good popcorn flick. Hitman: Blood Money is my favorite game of all time, and I was generally satisfied with the movie. I honestly would go to see the sequel on opening night, just like I did the first one.

‘Hitman 2′ Recruits Young Writer

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