One of my favourite games of all time has just begun filming there film adaptation of it. The game, Hitmen, has just begun filming in Sofia, Bulgaria according to JoBlo. IMDB seems to have the scoop on the filming locations, hinting that it could be filmed from many locations such as Cape Town: South Africa, London: England, Sofia: Bulgaria, South Africa, St. Petersburg: Russia.
IMDB reports that Timothy Olyphant, Robert Knepper, Dougray Scott, Ulrich Thomsen, Olga Kurylenko and Michael Offei are all starring in the famous game turned movie adaptation. The expected release date for America are the 12th of October 2007, although that is not set in stone and is most likely going to change.
Wikipedia has a great plot outline, going a little something like this
Agent 47 (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
Personally it sounds like a good watch, although the hit man plot has been done to death. Hopefully they bring something new to the table and really revolutionize it.
