A film adaptation of the Eidos video game series "Hitman" has finally been given the green light after the latest drft was handed in by scribe Skip Woods ("Swordfish").
AICN reports that "Deadwood" star Timothy Olyphant is now attached to play the man known as Agent 47, an assassin for hire, whose skills place him in high demand for jobs. Vin Diesel was previously mentioned as the lead.
Luc Besson will co-produce along with Chuck Gordon, Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter for a release in Fall 2007 through 20th Century Fox.
