Anyone else amazed that Timothy Olyphant is now actually too big to be in a Hitman sequel?
In truth, I never saw Hitman, so for all I know, it could have been amazing. From all I heard, it most likely was not. But I'm prepared to bet a sizeable sum of cash that those of you who did see it never thought to yourself, "You know what would improve this? Timothy Olyphant being a less good actor."
Enter Paul Walker. No, seriously.
It's not even like this is a radical reboot in other ways - it has the same primary screenwriter. So I have to ask - did somebody play a fratboy prank on Walker and dare him to shave his head? Because pretending he's going to get cast in a new movie like that could be the ultimate episode of Punk'd.
I hope that's what it is, anyway. Otherwise, I can't wait to ignore it.
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I've not played the games, but I was given to believe that Agent 47 is basically a rugged, bald badass in a suit*, so just cast Jason Statham already.
*Well, a suit and various disguises to blend in as he closes in on his target
All they had to do was cast David Bateson-- the guy that did the voice AND served as the model for 47-- As 47. It's not as if Bateson isn't a good actor, either. He IS an actor, and probably better than Olyphant.
47's voice and mannerisms are very important to the feel of the story, and that was what was missing from the movie. Please, for the love of all that's right in filmmaking, cast Bateson this time!!!
Or cast Timothy Olyphant's stunt double like Freddie Wong did for his own Hitman video on Youtube. Guy looks, acts, and sounds more like 47 than anyone but David Bateson. That's irony for you.
I'm a huge fan of the games and I honestly thought that the Hitman movie wasn't that bad overall. Timothy Olyphant even played the part better than I expected, though he still looked way too damn young for the role. The biggest problem was that there were too many action scenes that were pointlessly shoved in and not enough Hitman scenes. That fucking sword fight in the train was atrocious, especially seeing how only a few seconds before hand he was wearing a disguise and evading the police by blending in. I wanted more sneaky intrigue and less retarded fights. I have to doubt a reboot is going to deliver on that.
I seem to remember kind of liking the first Hitman, but I never played any of the games and wasn't looking for anything more than stupid action.
I was probably also too distracted by Olga Kurylenko to notice how bad a film it may or may not have been, come to think of it.
I don't think Skip Woods, who wrote the movie, bothered to play the game either. The movie was laughable and did nothing to capture the atmosphere of the game at all. I was hoping for a reboot, but by someone else with respect for the game.
Haha I also read that originally Vin Diesel was set to play 47! They are really approaching this from the wrong angle.
I've never played the video game, but I thought the movie was decent enough. I'm not sure if it ever deserved a sequel or even a reboot.
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I liked Hitman and Timothy Olyphant's acting in this movie. I haven't played the video game but still i know i did not ask for this thing. So i'm out with that comment...
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Here was my take:
Hey, kids, you play the video games, right? How about another video game movie about Hitman? Who’s Hitman, you ask? Oh… well… this probably wasn’t a very good idea.
Okay, but we got that Fast and Furious guy. No, not the bald one. Well, yes, that would have made more sense, since Hitman is also bald… no, we got the other guy… Paul Walker.
But it’s written by the guys who did Die Hard. No… no, not the first awesome Die Hard. No… not even the still good, but not nearly as good Die Hard 3. No, not even the kind of crappy Die Hard 2 or Die Hard 4. Uh… we got the guys who wrote the 5th one that hasn’t even come out yet.
But at least we got, oh… a guy who has only directed commercials previously to direct this…
Damn it, Jimmy, I told you not to let me greenlight movies when I’m using my opium pipe!
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If you never saw Hitman, count yourself lucky. I got as far as the completely idiotic sword-fighting scene before I started cursing profusely.
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Oh yeah, also, how does this get an article before the Chris Pratt = Starlord news? :)
More movie news better than this: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lakeshore-adapt-sword-graphic-novel-418701
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@10glfan59 The offer of five 24 ft. mountains of cocaine justifies seals the deal on any movie idea pitched to the studio execs.
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@10glfan59 Drizzt was a thing of the '90s and by the time I heard about him it had gone all Mary Sue Dark Elf - later I read the first book which was well done, but I never got over my first impression of the character being utterly cheeseball
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Why are they even rebooting instead of a recast sequel? I guess it sort of is since the film will be called Agent 47, but the first one did so terribly that I don't understand why it is getting made at all. :-/
@Kozmik_Pariah the first one made $100 million worldwide on a $24 million budget. Even with Hollywood math, that's a decent profit considering not a TON of marketing - maybe $60-70 million profit?
@kyle_conrad Yeah, I guess Hollywood would make a movie if it'd give 'em even 1 mil profit :-/
In all fairness, wouldn't you? It's easy to bash Hollywood for pumping out crap movies, but it's a business that's in it for profit, and the real people to blame are the idiots who make bad movies profitable. Not that Hitman was that bad, though.
