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Fox has hired Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to call the shots on Hitman 2. There's also been a script rewrite done by Daniel Casey. No start date for production is given, nor is there any positive word whether Timothy Olyphant will come back to play the assassin (the studio does has an option on him.)

While attending the Scream 2009 awards, Hitman producers Adrien Askarieh and Daniel Alter told Collider that they are turning in the script for the sequel next week; that the action takes place in America; and that they hope the picture will be shooting next spring or summer.

While chatting about his new thriller A Perfect Getaway, Timothy Olyphant was asked by Coming Soon's Edward Douglas if he would entertain the thought of reprising Agent 47 in the recently announced Hitman sequel. "It's not on my schedule," the actor answered. "If they want me to do another one, I supposed they could have me, yes... The things that I've got in front of me right now I'm really excited about the television show [Lawman]. What I can tell you about Hitman is that I'm thrilled that it was as successful as it was and it was a really nice opportunity and I appreciate that opportunity."

A sequel to the 2007 gamerflick Hitman is in development at 20th Century Fox. The studio has just hired Kyle Ward to write the screenplay, with original Hitman producing team Adrien Askarieh and Chuck Gordon to produce. Daniel Alter will also executive produce.

Ward's story will include elements from Eidos' upcoming Hitman 5 video game. The film's storyline was described by Variety as following Agent 47, the title character, as he reaches a "low point" and must "build himself up psychologically and physically to reclaim his mantle as the world's most feared assassin."

It's unknown whether Timothy Olyphant has been approached to reprise his role as the bald hitman for the sequel.