Oh, yeah... that bloke from Deadwood really looks like me...
Vin Diesel has been supplanted by Timothy Olyphant as the star of the upcoming Hitman movie. "Where the hell is Jason Statham?" is what SPOnG wants to know.
Poor old Vin just can't seem to catch a break these days. He’d been attached as Agent 47 since rumours first started circulating about the film. Now Fox has gone with a slimmer model, with Deadwood's sheriff Seth Bullock, otherwise known as Timothy Olyphant. Tim’s currently working opposite Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard.
French director, Luc Besson, has also just been attached as co-producer to the movie version of Eidos’s killer franchise. Besson, having worked on such fine examples of the action genre as The Transporter, must surely be trying to oust Olyphant and get Statham into that finely pressed suit. If not? Why not?
The screenplay by Skip (Swordfish) Woods has been greenlit by Twentieth Century Fox and may be in cinemas as soon as next Autumn.
For more on Hitman go have a gander at our Hitman: Blood Money devoted page.
Go to the Forum to voice your concern at the Stathamlessness of Hitman.
Poor old Vin just can't seem to catch a break these days. He’d been attached as Agent 47 since rumours first started circulating about the film. Now Fox has gone with a slimmer model, with Deadwood's sheriff Seth Bullock, otherwise known as Timothy Olyphant. Tim’s currently working opposite Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard.
French director, Luc Besson, has also just been attached as co-producer to the movie version of Eidos’s killer franchise. Besson, having worked on such fine examples of the action genre as The Transporter, must surely be trying to oust Olyphant and get Statham into that finely pressed suit. If not? Why not?
The screenplay by Skip (Swordfish) Woods has been greenlit by Twentieth Century Fox and may be in cinemas as soon as next Autumn.
For more on Hitman go have a gander at our Hitman: Blood Money devoted page.
Go to the Forum to voice your concern at the Stathamlessness of Hitman.
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RiseFromYourGrave 5 Dec 2006 12:53
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stratham is definitely a better choice than this boyzone kid. oh well, its a game to film anyway so itll probably be s**t and worth staying away from
Joji 6 Dec 2006 12:51
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I disagree Zombieman, though Statham would be nice, Timothy Olyphant is a good choice and a good actor. He's been in Deadwood, a superb tv series and he's also in the Die Hard 4 film next year, so you are gonna see more of him.
I think Agent 47 has potential to turn the tides on crap game to film adaptions (like Slent Hill) and with Luc Besson onboard its gonna be something special. Its also more likely to be an 18 rated film like the game which will allow more edgy risky stuff in it. If any film has a chance to turn the crap game-film tide its this one.
Look at the actors work and judge his ability on that, not on how well he looks as Agent 47, that's the make up departments job. Give him a chance.
I think Agent 47 has potential to turn the tides on crap game to film adaptions (like Slent Hill) and with Luc Besson onboard its gonna be something special. Its also more likely to be an 18 rated film like the game which will allow more edgy risky stuff in it. If any film has a chance to turn the crap game-film tide its this one.
Look at the actors work and judge his ability on that, not on how well he looks as Agent 47, that's the make up departments job. Give him a chance.