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Fox Hires Writer for Hitman Sequel

Source:IESB

June 24, 2009

IESB reports that 20th Century Fox has hired writer Kyle Ward to write the sequel to 2007's Hitman, which made almost $100 million worldwide.

The first film, based on the video game, was directed by Xavier Gens and stars Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen and Michael Offei.

Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter and Chuck Gordon will return as producers.

Ward wrote the upcoming Bruce Willis-starrer Kane & Lynch and also penned Fiasco Heights for Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.

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COMMENTS (55)

Posted by:

Gay Jesus

June 24, 2009

One was too many.

Posted by:

TipTopNegro

June 24, 2009

My god!! Fox are so desperate..... they are just churning out crap, hoping for a hit!!

Posted by:

GK1

June 24, 2009

the real question here is WHY?

hitman was mediocre if even that.

Posted by:

ZooOfAllEvilCreatures

June 24, 2009

Posted by: Joe on June 24, 2009 at 01:20:59

Recast Agent 47.
==============================================

Preach.

Timothy is a great actor, but thar role wasn't meant for him.

Posted by:

Marco

June 24, 2009

Stop it Fox. Hitman and Max Payne were both critically panned and I thought it was mediocre. You just made Dragonball and Street Fighter. The two worst movies of the year. Then you made Wolverine, which seemed like a really weak attempt at another X-men so another huge disappointment. Fox only has Avatar left.

Posted by:

Rubber and Pencil

June 24, 2009

The first Flick has nothing to do with the Games...
And i heard that Olga K. want to be a "HITGIRL"...
no no no no, please stop FOX!!!

If you want the job done right, hire a professional... and not FOX

Posted by:

mattynicegy

June 24, 2009

I honestly didn't think hitman was that bad, but I don't think it needs a followup either.

Posted by:

simonsayz

June 24, 2009

game yes movie no
but at the very least recast 47

Posted by:

June 24, 2009

that's cool - i figured it wasn't happening since it took a while to confirm a sequel. usually they like to announce a sequel right away.

however, looking at the past, sequels to videogame movies typically do worse business then the first movie. not enough care is put into these franchises.

Resident Evil is the only exception I believe - making more money with each movie, and the only videogame movie to make it to three movies, and they're making a fourth as well.

if this hitman 2 has any chance, they need to get olyphant back in the role and build on it, a new actor may put off the fans of the previous movie and lead to nobody seeing it (like Punisher:WarZone)

Posted by:

gotham22

June 24, 2009

Just make Die Hard 5 already Fox. your biggiest franchise.