Source: IGN
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US, April 23, 2007 - With principal photography now under way on Twentieth Century Fox and EuropaCorp's Hitman, an official plot synopsis for the Xavier Gens-directed action-thriller has been released. The screenplay was adapted by Skip Woods (Swordfish) from the hugely successful Eidos videogame franchise.
The official synopsis says that Agent 47 (Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his neck, and his only name.