Possible Sequels To ‘Hitman’ & ‘300’
Thu, June 25, 2009 LBF (Low Budget Film) + SBO (Solid Box Office) = Success
Seems obvious doesn’t it? You would think that it would be to the studios that are making the film world go round. Sometimes giant talking robots or costumed web slingers get in the way and budgets soar to heights never thought possible. There are arguments to be heard on both sides of the aisle but sticking to formula isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Fox Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures must share the same sentiment as they prepare sequels to high octane “Hitman” and the sword and sandaler “300”.
Fox’s “Hitman” pulled in $39,687,694 domestically and almost $100 million worldwide against a $30 million budget and screenwriter Kyle Ward has been chosen to deliver more of the same. According to Variety the film will pull plot points from Eidos’ 2010 release “Hitman 5”. Timothy Olyphant is expected to return a the Kojackian gun wielding Agent 47, who is attempting to revive is career as an assassin after a mental and physical breakdown.
Zack Snyder gushed over a possible sequel to WB’s “300” during an interview with the folks over at Coming Soon. The Brothers Warner are hoping for a repeat of the $210,614,939 domestic take with a paltry $65 million budget. According to Snyder, Frank Miller is working on the comic book which Snyder will develop the film from.
I think we would use the same technology... I don't want it to look too Star Wars-ian... Just from what [Miller] told me, it would be bigger as far as landscape and terrain. We're going to see Athens and the Aegean and other places. There would be an opportunity for bigger visions, though I'd hope for the same aesthetic. The tech we used for '300' was not a revolution. It's basically what the weatherman has. Look, instead of Accuweather it's Sparta... It's going to be the same way, but on crazier steroids."
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I couldn’t even finish “Hitman” b/c it was sooo horrible, even the beautiful (yet can’t act) Kurylenko wasn’t able to save that film. If they are making a sequel I just hope it's a lot better than the first, but I won’t hold my breath.