Hollywood Butchering the Hitman Series?

Is Hollywood going to kill the Hitman Series?

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Tor Thorsen of GameSpot said:
Vin Diesel starring in Hitman movie, possibly game
[UPDATE] Chronicles of Riddick Star to play Agent 47 in Fox's adaptation of Eidos and Io Interactive's actioner; Tigon Studios in talks to work on next game.
Posted Jun 15, 2005 8:21 am PT


When the sci-fi epic Chronicles of Riddick hit movie theaters last summer, it arrived alongside the release of its game tie-in, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the Xbox (and later for the PC). Though the film was tepidly received, the game was a success, enjoying brisk sales and earning critical kudos, including a nomination for GameSpot's 2004 Game of the Year.

Part of the reason for Escape from Butcher Bay's success was the fact that Riddick star Vin Diesel is a lifelong gamer. The actor--who has publicly professed his love for games going all the way back to the paper-and-pencil Dungeons & Dragons--formed his own game production company, Tigon Studios, to oversee Butcher Bay's development by Swedish studio Starbreeze. The seriousness with which he took the Riddick game project is evident in the final product: Butcher Bay's voice acting and storyline were hailed as top-notch, and its innovative stealth-action gameplay coined the term "first-person stabber."

Now Diesel is poised to blur the line between games and film once again. Today's issues of the Hollywood Reporter and Variety are both reporting that the burly, bald badass has signed on to play Agent 47, the titular assassin of Eidos' Hitman series, on the big screen. Both trades say Diesel has struck a deal to star in and executive-produce 20th Century Fox's upcoming Hitman film project. Charles Gordon (Die Hard) and Adrian Askarieh (the forthcoming Spy Hunter) will produce the project, along with Eidos vice president of marketing and communications Paul Baldwin. No director is currently attached, and the film would not hit theaters until 2006--at the earliest.

[UPDATE] While the Hitman film is already locked down, Reuters is reporting that Diesel may be gunning for the game license as well. The trade said that Tigon Studios is preparing to hold talks with Eidos and Hitman's developer, Danish studio Io Interactive (Freedom Fighters), to have Diesel play 47 in a future Hitman game which would ship alongside the film. However, Diesel would not appear in Hitman: Blood Money, which is slated to ship for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 this fall.

One of Eidos' most popular series, the Hitman games follow the murderous exploits of Agent 47, a genetically enhanced assassin. Beginning with 2000's Hitman: Codename 47 for the PC, the Hitman series has followed 47 on dozens of international missions to eliminate various criminals, gun runners, drug dealers, crime lords, and other assorted unsavory elements. All installments of the game let players dispatch their targets with a variety of lethal methods, ranging from sniper rifles to poison vials.
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I know this is a rather old story, but what do you think? Do you think that Vin Diesel involving himself in a game-movie will butcher the Hitman series? Or bring more fans. Explain.
 
Prophet said:
okay, well do you think that Vin Diesel will increase the butchering?
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No, not at all. I enjoyed the first two Hitman games, and I'm sure Vinny D will have no problem playing a quiet, sophisticated hitman with nothing more than excellence in his job on his mind. It's not like every movie with Vinny is the complete opposite, where he would approach his enemies in a crude fashion and talk them to tears with an hour's worth of useless dialouge before a high-budget action sequence follows...

Oh wait.. :oops:
That's every character Vin has played...

So..I guess in memory of the first two titles I enjoyed...yes...he would be t3h butcher to the hitman steak...
Choppa CHOP
 
I like the Hitman games, but strangely enough, I haven't completed any of them so far. Slack, huh? I always begin with every intention to finish them, but meh. As for the movie Hitman, by the time they sift through all the red tape. Vin Diesel will be old enough to play Sean Connerys great grandfather.

So conclusion, I would say that Hitman is fast becoming Chop Suey

HIIIIIIYAAAH :lol:
 
I like Vin Diesel so I have no problem with him playing the part. Although IMO Ben Kingsley looks more the part than Vin Diesel does, considering Agent 47 is some big bulked up guy.
 
kold_as_ice92 suggested to me that Jason Stratham would be good for the role of Agent 47. And I agree with him. He looks the part, he can fight and he is good with firearms
 
I think the Transporter guy would do a much better job than Vinny.
He's got that whole serious guy in a suit thing down to a centimeter.

I'm sure he wouldn't be the best, but right now I can't think of someone who could fit the role...

Chances are if Vinny is the role, it'll be more of a Triple X super explosion attack movie, instead of a stealthy intrusion with fists full of fiber wire.
 
§corpion said:
I think the Transporter guy would do a much better job than Vinny.
He's got that whole serious guy in a suit thing down to a centimeter.
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Yeah, that's Jason Stratham, dude.

The one I mentioned above. He's really got his shit together and I would love to see him as Agent 47, also. :lol:
 
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