Hitman is a pretty big franchise and IO Interactive holds it pretty close to their hearts, that's why they kept the rights when they parted ways with Square Enix earlier this year. They've created some of the best stealth/action games out there with 2016's Hitman being one of the best games to release that year.
Players are eagerly awaiting what's next for the franchise and while IO Interactive is already hard at work at a new entry in the series, it sounds like we'll have even more Hitman to consume in other entertainment mediums. Sure, we've already had two movies that both failed miserably but this newly announced TV show has some great people behind it.
The Hitman show will be executive produced by Derek Kolstad, the creator of John Wick, one of the most beloved action movies ever. Kolstad has already written a pilot for the show which will stream exclusively on Hulu with backing from Fox 21, 20th Century Fox's television production company. Hulu, Fox, and Kolstad plan to make the show follow closely to the lore and mythology of the games, meaning that you likely won't have those awful over the top action sequences that we saw in Agent 47.
Not only is Kolstad a great pick since John Wick is like Agent 47 if he went off the rails but the seeds planted in the first John Wick helped establish a much larger world, something absolutely essential in something Hitman related. There was a secret assassin society that was set up and then built upon even further in the sequel and the world of John Wick is rich with exploration, which means that Hitman shouldn't be new territory for Derek Kolstad.
There's no word on when this show will hit Hulu but it's likely a ways off. The report from Deadline also noted that there are two new Hitman games in the works which is interesting, to say the least. It's hard to say what those two games could be right now but if we were to guess we'd say one is a core Hitman game similar to Hitman (2016) and maybe a new mobile game like Hitman GO.
We'll continue to keep you posted as this story develops.
