Hitman movie teaser shows promise
The trailer for the upcoming Hitman movie hit the internet yesterday, and we've got the somewhat shoddy YouTube video above for your quick Schubert fix. IGN has some high res Quicktime and Windows Media formats that have less obtrusive watermarks. Timothy Olyphant dons the bar code as Agent 47, and while he's not exactly David Bateson, the voice actor from the games whom the character is also modeled after, we're confident in his potential to nail the part.
Our major glimmer of hope that this game-to-film may work is that like Hitman: Blood Money, the iconic "Ellens dritter Gesang" by Franz is present, accounted for, and always as moving and poignant. So, if anyone tries to tell you the song is "Ave Maria", quite simply, they're wrong. Perhaps we're overly optimistic because we were a fan of Blood Money and its well done Achievements, or because we actually thought Kelly was a badass character in The Girl Next Door, but this could go against the trend of game franchises becoming motion pictures.
[Via Joystiq. Thanks DjDATZ, Vik, & NitroFrost for being awesome]
Reader Comments
(Page 2)22. @ 21 When you're at that part with the ballers on your chest, and in the coffin, rapidly move your left joystick. 47 will rise out of the coffin and you can eliminate everyone. Be careful, depending on what difficulty you're playing, this part can be hard. Try it out and tell me what you think
Posted at 2:07PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Delgun
23. The system is not emailing me
Posted at 5:10PM on Jul 13th 2007 by Daniel
21. per brians comment...
"They did not kill 47... not necessarily. At the end of blood money, the agency woman put the hardballers on his body."
I definitely agree. If you watch closely at the end of the game you will notice that right before the agency lady puts the ballers on his chest, you see her pull a vial out with the hitman logo on it. This i believe is the same "experimental" drug used to falsely "kill" then later revive the agent to be smuggled out on the Rehab level.
After everyone leaves the burial you will hear his faint heartbeat. Watch the red lifeline in the lower left hand corner. Every few seconds it pops up then quickly fades out. Right before he is lowered into the ground the red life line does not completely fade away. A very slight portion of it remains at the bottom.
Posted at 3:05PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Rone