The Hitman

[Timstuff]

I almost feel like seeing this movie just on the premise of thanking the producers for NOT letting Uwe Boll direct. This was, after all, his self-proclaimed dream project.

 

[Superman79]

Frankly, I'm willing to give Olyphant a chance...he does play a real badass on Deadwood...

 

[ghost_x]

Olyphants a great actor, I'm eager to see what he is going to do with the role

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Good god Olymphant or whatever his name is looks NOTHING like 47. How can anyone suggest he looks the part? Oh yeah, I forgot some people will defend anything.

 

[ghost_x]

I don't think anyone has said he looks the part, it's just some of us aren't stubborn fools and will give something a chance before they bash it out of principle rather than logic

 

[Superman79]

Good god Olymphant or whatever his name is looks NOTHING like 47. How can anyone suggest he looks the part? Oh yeah, I forgot some people will defend anything.

I say give him until the trailer...see how he looks then.

I bet he'll look much better...you know, removing the stubble and such with cameras (ala Lex in Smallville) and his badass attitude will pull it out I really do think...

 

[Mr. Socko]

This movie has Uwe Boll ghost direction all over it.

 

[Darth Elektra]

I say give him until the trailer...see how he looks then.

I bet he'll look much better...you know, removing the stubble and such with cameras (ala Lex in Smallville) and his badass attitude will pull it out I really do think...

Yeah, thats what I'm doing.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2583&Itemid=99

Exclusive Interview: IESB Chats with Hitman Producers Askarieh and Alter!



IESB had the opportunity to talk to Adrian and Daniel, actually, we were all at the Star Wars convention this past weekend and we wanted to get some updates on a few of their projects for our readers while we were there…

Hitman – IESB: With Fox making Die Hard 4.0 PG 13, what rating do you think Hitman will be?

AA: I will let our good friends at Fox be the ones who release the rating.

IESB: For most part, video games movies have been a miss and haven't had a real hit in a long while, do you feel that there is a new approach being taken on your films?

DA: For me, this actually goes back to the KANE & LYNCH question you asked earlier. I think anytime you make a movie as a piece of business (whether it’s based on a videogame, comic book, best-selling novel, a remake, a sequel, etc...) you’re already fighting an uphill battle creatively. Great movies are the result of passion. Unfortunately some of the features based on videogames that have been adapted to film, were made because they sold a certain amount of units off of shelves in stores. And they don't always lend themselves to cinematic treatment. Now, I’m a realist. Just like horror remakes, you have to accept that’s going to happen. So you hope they try to squeeze a great movie out of it. What we do is go after videogame properties that appeal to the movie-goer inside of us...

AA: To put it as simply as I possibly can, we would have gone after HITMAN, SPY-HUNTER, and KANE AND LYNCH even if they were articles in a magazine with a circulation of 100. All three are incredibly well executed concepts and extremely cinematic creations. The fact that they are also these huge game properties is only the icing on the cake, if you know what I mean. I’ve always said that the trick is to not make a “video game movie” but to make a movie based on a video game property. What I mean by that, is that you treat every project with the level of respect-not only for the source material, but also for the audience-care and attention as you would any other movie. When people fall in a trap is where all they think about is to replicate the game experience on the screen for the gaming audience. This not only turns off the non-gaming audience but also defeats the purpose of the translation to film. Why would anyone want to see the exact same thing on the movie screen, and have a very passive participation in, when they can play and control it back at home?

We call our approach the “BATMAN BEGINS Model”. We approach all of our game projects with the same level of ambition as Chris Nolan and his team approached Batman. For example, with HITMAN, we are extremely proud of Skip Woods’ script. Because if you’re HITMAN fanatic, you will read it and think it was absolutely dead on and incredible. On the other hand, if you have never even heard of the HITMAN game, you will read it and think it’s a great story with a great central character of Agent 47. The script stands on its own merits and that’s the way it should be.

 

[Sebastos]

Someone said there was a behind the scenes video for this movie, was it the link that you posted, hunter?

 

[Fran]

I think this movie will be good.

Those were set pictures... just wait for a teaser or something before making a real judgment on Olyphant's take on 47.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Someone said there was a behind the scenes video for this movie, was it the link that you posted, hunter?

No vid that i am aware of IF

 

[Sebastos]

No vid that i am aware of IF

Ok, thanks hunter. It's just someone said on the "Last Trailer You Watched" thread that there was a behind the scenes clip.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Ok, thanks hunter. It's just someone said on the "Last Trailer You Watched" thread that there was a behind the scenes clip.

Who was the poster ?

 

[Sebastos]

Who was the poster ?

Someone named slipknotrocks.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Someone named slipknotrocks.

Perhaps he saw it on the MTV awards ?

 

[The Last Meatbag]

Man! Daniel Craig is ugly and blonde! He'll never be a good James Bond.

I'm quoting this because obviously none of you saw it.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Someone said there was a behind the scenes video for this movie, was it the link that you posted, hunter?

I'm guessing he mean't Babylon AD.

 

[Sebastos]

Perhaps he saw it on the MTV awards ?

I don't think there was anything on the movie there, or was there?

I'm guessing he mean't Babylon AD.

Nope, he cleary said "Hitman."

 

[Darth Elektra]

I don't think there was anything on the movie there, or was there?
Nope, he cleary said "Hitman."

Sorry guys. I mean't to say 'Babylon AD' behind the scenes.

My mistake.

There ya go.

 

[Sebastos]

There ya go.

Yeah, I just saw the post in the trailer thread.

 

[Superman79]

I'm quoting this because obviously none of you saw it.

Game. Set. Match: Last Meatbag

 

[GhostPoet]

Wait..so Vin Diesel ISN'T going to be in it? Oh thank God...not that I have anything against the guy...I mean I LOVED both Riddick films. but he wouldn't work for this one.

 

[dark_b]

where are the pics that i saw on AICN? has noone posted them?

 

[Darth Elektra]

Hitman Pic

The first official photo from "Hitman" is now online. The film stars Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen, and Michael Offei.

Click here for the pic:
http://hitman.blog.toutlecine.com/Hitman_Premiere_photo_officielle-07062007-101635-lp-102.php

Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his neck, and his only name.

The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political takeover. Both Interpol and the Russian military chase the Hitman across Eastern Europe as he tries to find out who set him up and why they're trying to take him out of the game. But the greatest threat to 47's survival may be the stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a beautiful, damaged girl...

Hitman hits theaters on October 12th