Hitman (Remake)

[TheVelvetOnion]

Hi Everyone, Hitman the movie was a big flop, they made so many mistakes with it, but i wonder would you love to see a Hitman movie if they had the right cast, the right story and the right director? Whats your thoughts

Also

I made this little fan poster up of what i think would be an ideal cast of characters for hitman if it was every remade.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

i think he would be a great 47

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Bit too young, Hitman looks like he's in his late 30's.

 

[Master Chief]

47 doesn't have eyebrows lmao I hope they just get Statham or the voice actor.

 

[The Cocreator]

I would like a Hitman: Agent 47 film based on the first game.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

I hear what your saying about Joseph as 47, But what you got to remember is that for the character of 47 we need someone who can really pull of that dark/cold character and bring in a small element of humour.

Seriously i think Joseph would be perfect? let me ask you something if Joseph was 37 years old would he then look right for the part?

The whole idea of 47 is that he is a clone, and i figure that you would cast somebody younger to give it that fresh of the production line look that the movie would need.

 

[Nemi]

If Nolan ever did make a hitman movie I think he'd be more likely to go with Tom Hardy who looks more like the character and can pull off any nuance needed. If joseph was older he might be able to pull the look off better and he does having the acting chops for it.

 

[dude stannis]

What is the Hitman game play like? If it's stealth? Then get John McTiernan to make it Die Hard style.

If it's John Woo style gun ballet. Get the Wachowski Siblings.

 

[Dark Victory]

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[Guhndoi]

I wouldn't mind a new one. Part of what ruined the movie for me, was the opening using "Dark Angel" footage. I mean WTF?!

 

[Master Chief]

What is the Hitman game play like? If it's stealth? Then get John McTiernan to make it Die Hard style.

If it's John Woo style gun ballet. Get the Wachowski Siblings.

It's mostly up to you. The best part about the games is that you can change into disguises and kill your target, then leave without anyone knowing you were there.

I wanna see Joe Carnahan tackle it coz he did such a good job with Soot in "Smokin' Aces", and that guy was pretty much Agent 47.

 

[dude stannis]

Carnahan, great choice. I assume the tone of Narc is closer to the Hitman games than Smokin' Aces and The A-Team are?

 

[Master Chief]

Close, I think it's somewhere in between but leaning towards Smokin' Aces. It's not really gritty but it's not waaay too over-the-top. Here's a mission from the game if you want an idea,



That was a mission. lol the movie spat in the face of all that is Hitman.

 

[Dr.Negative]

I've always thought about Tom Hardy - however i dont think he could be 47, you need an actor who an act without acting, one of those faces that says alot by saying nothing, i think Velvet Onion is onto something with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

 

[Dr.Negative]

by the way i like your casting options however with diana usually a non-seen character dont you think your missing another female lead? Thats one of the few things i liked about the original movie, even though the story was bad, even 47 casting was bad, that women who was also in quantum of solice was brilliant in it.

 

[Fenrir]

As far as a Hitman film is concerned, I'll just reiterate what I said on the topic a few months ago in another thread:

I think the best way to handle Master Chief in a Halo film would be to not make him a front and center character, but rather part of an ensemble that includes Keyes, Cortana and Captain Johnson. And the ideal role for Master Chief would be the kind of role the Joker's was in TDK - he would be a (messianic rather than evil) force of nature that just cuts through the plot requiring little to no character development. He would show up during the direst of circumstances, his arrival always being the massive tide that changes the outcome of battle and something the battle-weary and defeated soldiers of UNSC always pray for. I believe this is always the best way to approach most videogame characters that are of the silent hardened soldier/cold killer variety. I was just thinking about a Hitman movie a few days ago and thought how awesome it would be as a crime saga about a couple of different crime bosses who are marked for execution by the Agency and 47 essentially being the Anton Chigurh of the piece. Not only would it be pitch-perfect for the character, it also saves him from the standard humanize-the-assassin schlock that he was subjected to in his last film.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

ok....

 

[The Cocreator]

I like that idea, centering the film around the villains instead of the title one, it could be very interesting, i would like Quentin Tarantino to do it, he's good with non linear stories.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

Well i thought, you have this guy 47, his story is complex. He is the combind dna of 4 villians and a scientist, to which they made lots of clones.

So i thought, why not tell the story of him discovering his creation, piece by piece.

Tarinto would be good. Cause im thinking Kill Bill... as in, you have an assassin character who is on a mission, your not told immediatly why but you learn through the film why she does the things she does.

That would be cool for Hitman. And also why i thought the cast of the villians were a good mix.

 

[Lord]

Quentin Tarantino made 2 types of movies that would be what Hitman movie should be like, he made Kill Bill as a vengeance story and hitman would find one by one his creators while Pulp Fiction could work too but in the views of the 4 creators with hitman eventually killing them all.

 

[mr. peasant]

Well i thought, you have this guy 47, his story is complex. He is the combind dna of 4 villians and a scientist, to which they made lots of clones.

So i thought, why not tell the story of him discovering his creation, piece by piece.

Tarinto would be good. Cause im thinking Kill Bill... as in, you have an assassin character who is on a mission, your not told immediatly why but you learn through the film why she does the things she does.

That would be cool for Hitman. And also why i thought the cast of the villians were a good mix.

The problem with that type of storyline is that the discovery tends to lead to the clone brooding/angsting over how he's just a clone; which is boring and overdone (see Cloning Blues). 47, on the other hand, notably lacks it and after the first game (and a brief bit in the second), the fact that he was grown in a test tube doesn't seem to affect him much.

 

[Octoberist]

As much as I love Joseph Gordon Levitt, he's not a character actor nor is he the alpha-male type. He's wrong for Agent 47, sorry.

 

[Master Chief]

The problem with that type of storyline is that the discovery tends to lead to the clone brooding/angsting over how he's just a clone; which is boring and overdone (see Cloning Blues). 47, on the other hand, notably lacks it and after the first game (and a brief bit in the second), the fact that he was grown in a test tube doesn't seem to affect him much.

That's what's so awesome about 47, he's just damn good at doing his job.

That's not enough for Hollywood though, he needs to be a hero lol.

That idea of a Hitman movie revolving more around his targets than him sounds sooo badass.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt can play an alpha male type. I mean, yeah if you have only seen is more rom-com kind of films then you havent really seen him in the light of a strong actor.

But check out G.I.Joe rise of cobra, Inception, Killshot, You will see he can play a range of characters.

Anyway about the story.

I felt that Hitman the movie story wise was very much in the vain of the Hitman 2 game. as in they didnt really cover his origin to much, only that the story was about the mission at hand.

For a reboot you really want to explore his origin, in the eyes of the villians.

This is what i had thought about for the Hitman Story to go with my poster.

HITMAN: Rise & Fall

The story begins with 47 on a mission, basically introducing you to the character. His mission is a success and in true game style he speaks with Diana who gives him his next mission. However, his next mission was a set up which leaves 47 believed dead. basically 48 shots him several times and throws him into the river. However 47 survives but unbeknown to everyone he is in a hospital in a coma.

When he awakes he discovers Agent Smith, a detective who has been assigned to investigate what happened to the guy rescued from the river. However Agent Smith is really a double agent who was sent by Diana to help 47. Smith helps 47 escape the hospital and takes him to a safehouse unbeknown to the Agency.

47 with the help of Smith & Diana - track down who set him up... (The story for 47 will be much like that of Kill Bill however we will also see the story from the villians side)

So the story from the villians is this

Back in the 80's - Dr.Ort-Meyer a scientist that works for Fuchs has been working on a cloning project. Fuchs meets with Hong, Ochoa & Jegorov with of the most powerful underground crime bosses around the world. To discuss creating the ultimate body guard, a true silent assasin. Dr.Ort-Meyer then goes about creating said project but after 46 attempts was deemed a failiar, until 47. But after lots of psychological training, 47 escaped. Fearing that one day 47 would come for those who created him, Dr.Ort-Meyer created 48 to track him down.

So basically you have a story of 47 going after the 5 villians 6 including 48. and on the flip side you see why the 5 created 47

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

47 doesn't have eyebrows lmao I hope they just get Statham or the voice actor.

Why wasn't he cast in the first place? It's a pitch perfect role.
Instead we have a baby faced fellow who looks like he has barely left high-school.