First Look at Rupert Friend as Agent 47

Last time we spoke about the upcoming film adaptation based on the Hitman franchise, what it has been before, and what it is going to be in many possible ways. Now, with the new film simply titled Agent 47 rather than Hitman, named after the lead character of the series, the shooting has already begun with a first look of Rupert Friend dressed as the titular protagonist has been surfaced online through IGN.

His head, in my opinion, isn't shaved enough. And 47 never had any piece of a hair on his head aside from the eyebrows which were brown. So, I have the feel that there is a change in the character's concept from what I recognize. Originally, Agent 47 was a clone of five DNA's of the world's most criminal masterminds. He was the only experiment done by Dr. Otto Ort-Meyer, who lived long enough and survived. However, in the first film adaptation, they merely borrowed anything from the original concepts, and showed 47 to be actually adopted by a league of assassins rather than being cloned, and was trained along with his "brothers" to become the killer he is, nowadays. In the video games, aside from 47, dozens of Mr. 48's existed, who weren't smart enough to escape the clutches of our most deadly assassin. Meanwhile, in the film, other agents existed who have been targeting 47 for the mission he was going after.

First look at Rupert Friend as Agent 47.

Rupert Friend, however, somehow does suit the role, and reminds me of how Agent 47 actually looked like in the first couple of games. Well, I just hope he acts like it, too. Alongside Friend, Zachary Quinto and Hannah Ware co-star in the film, as well. Directed by a first-time feature length helmer, Aleksander Bach, who was used to be handling commercials previously, and the script is penned by Skip Woods and Michael Finch. No release date has been given as of yet, but we expect the film to be coming out sometime in 2015. And in case you were wondering, IO Interactive who were responsible for creating the Hitman franchise are working on another game, which is listed to be in development, rumoured to be called Hitman: Profession, but nothing is clearly revealed about the project yet.

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