In what's sure to be a blow to David Bateson fans everywhere, Variety confirmed today that Deadwood sheriff Timothy Olyphant will trade in his pistol for ... well, two pistols to play murder and Rogaine enthusiast Agent 47 in the Luc Besson-produced Hitman film. The article also added some new names to the cast. Fans of Desperate Housewives and Mission: Impossible II (a surprisingly small cross-section of the population) will recognize Dougray Scott, who will be playing an unnamed antagonist in the film, based on the Eidos video game series.
Robert Knepper (lovable T-Bag on Prison Break) and a few other even less recognizable performers are also named in the article, as is French director Xavier Gens, the latest to join Uwe Boll and Paul W.S. Anderson in the proud, international fraternity of video game adaptation directors.
