Hulu introduced its Hitman TV collection again in 2017 underneath the helm of Derek Kolstad, the creator behind John Wick. The variation is supposed to be an action-drama true to the video games. It is also going to be giving Agent 47 hair.
For these which may be new to the Hitman franchise, Agent 47 is bald. Iconically so. You possibly can spot that head from house, and it is superior. That being stated, a brand new interview with the chief producer, courtesy of Collider, says that the principle character, Agent 47 himself, will probably be sporting some superb locks as a part of the present’s narrative.
Earlier than followers freak out that they’re altering the character, there’s a objective behind that luscious look. The plot itself will revolve across the character we all know and love, hair and all, just for him to find his personal barcode on the finish of episode one.
“I wrote episodes 1 and a pair of, and what was nice is that they let me are available [and] introduce a personality like that to our post-modern world,” defined Kolstad. “And I did it very very like The Third Man meets Three Days within the Condor. You are launched to a man who’s very a lot the hitman we all know from the video games, however he is acquired a full head of hair, and he is unbiased. He has a handler, he is acquired a life, he is very a lot that early ’80s, late ’70s murderer we examine within the books, proper? However at a sure level, he will get a gig, and that gig unveils the fact that no selection he is ever made has been his personal. And, after all, the present ends with him at a mirror, discovering hidden underneath his pores and skin the barcode. So all of the sudden, it turns into a thriller of ‘who am I, actually?’ Jason Bourne did that excellently. That is extra of, ‘what’s true regarding the folks in my life? What has been manufactured, what are ideas, and many others.’ It is the character versus nurture of all of it.”
Whereas some followers are arguably going to be upset by the deviation it doesn’t matter what, the plot is smart and provides us a brand new method to admire this character. And it is just for one episode; then it seems to be like he’ll be again to his superb egg self very quickly.
The manager producer additionally talked just a little bit about how they wished to actually push Agent 47 ahead as greater than only a hitman. As a substitute, the workforce needs to showcase a extra difficult “ethical compass” to make folks care about him much more, even these not aware of the gaming franchise.
This is not the primary time an try to make a live-action Hitman adaptation has been made. The primary strive at a Hitman collection was again in 2007, with Timothy Olyphant to star because the protagonist. It…was not successful. One other try was made with Hitman: Agent 47 in 2015, nevertheless it by no means discovered its groove. This time stands out as the allure, nevertheless. Kolstad did an outstanding job with the John Wick collection, and he is aware of a factor or two about bringing difficult characters to life. Hopefully, this new enterprise will deliver some success, hair or no.
[Source: Collider]
