‘Homeland’ star Rupert Friend stars in new ‘Hitman Agent 47’ poster
A new poster for the video game adaptation puts Homeland star Rupert Friend in the spotlight as the intimidating assassin. IGN broke the news, noting that the “big screen sequel/reboot of the 2007 movie is once again based on the Eidos video game franchise.”
Hannah Ware (Oldboy) costars as Katia with Star Trek star Zachary Quinto presume to be the antagonist. The film is being directed by Aleksander Bach
Agent 47 is a an elite assassin who was genetically engineered to be the perfect killing machine and is identified only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. More from IGN here
Hitman: Agent 47 arrives in theaters on August 28, 2015
Synopsis: HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
