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Tuesday, April 03 2007

Hitman Movie Starts Shooting  by Craig L at 16:57

Fans of the Hitman series of games might be interested to know that filming has got under-way on the movie adaptation of the series, Hitman: Codename 47.

Filming commenced on March 27 and will continue in and around the Bulgarian capital of Sofia for 12 weeks before moving on to locations in South Africa, St. Petersburg and London. Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood, Die Hard 4.0) stars as the world’s deadliest assassin and Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II, Desperate Housewives) portrays the antagonist. Olga Kurylenko (Paris je t’aime), Robert Knepper (Prison Break), Ulrich Thomsen (Festen) and Michael Offei (Casino Royale) also have joined the cast of the videogame adaptation.

The most recent game, Hitman: Blood Money, shifted some 1.4 million copies, so there's no doubt there's a fan base out there.
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Mani
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03 April 2007 17:11
Another game with potential to make a decent movie. I won't hold my breath too long though.
ralinn
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03 April 2007 19:42
Skip Woods is writing it... didn't he do Sword Fish? I wasn't the biggest fan of that, but hey, at least it might not COMPLETELY suck...
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03 April 2007 19:45
Hitman's always been one of those games where something at the back of my mind has been nagging at me that I really shouldn't be enjoying it, but I always do. I thought Blood Money was great.

Not sure how the franchise will fare on the big screen, mind. Previous theatrical game releases say "not very well", but there's always a ray of hope that it could be pretty nifty.
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04 April 2007 04:57
I bet Ryan will be queuing up over night to see this. We know he loves movies that come from games!
shagnastie
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07 April 2007 04:52
i loved Hm B money I still p[lay it when internet is poor
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07 April 2007 10:17
aye is a class game, I guess the film will have free rains as it not a hugely involved story
malis
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07 April 2007 11:45
Blood Money was a great game, not sure how a film would fare though - they were never too heavy on plot


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