Deadline reports that it will be Paul Walker, best known for his appearances in the The Fast and the Furious series of films, will be playing Agent 47 in an upcoming feature film. The movie will be directed by successful commercials director Aleksander Bach, and the script has been penned by Skip Woods and Michael Finch, who most recently did the script for A Good Day to Die Hard.
The first Hitman movie, released in 2007 starred Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47 and grossed more than $100 million worldwide. And for a film based on a video game it wasn't terrible. Production on the second Hitman movie begins in June, and that's when Paul Walker is going to have to shave his head.