Vin Diesel to Star as Agent 47 in "Hitman" Movie

Vin Diesel, action star from such movies as xXx, The Fast and the Furious, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, and most importantly, The Chronicles of Riddick, has signed on to play the famous Agent 47 in Universal's upcoming Hitman movie (title still in the works). It was when Diesel played Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick that he formed his own gaming company, Tigon Studios, to oversee the production of the accompanying Riddick game, which went on to sell very well and gained critical kudos, despite the movie's terrible showing. Knowing Diesel's commitment to gaming gives us gamers high hopes for an excellent Hitman game tie-in, probably to be launched alongside the movie sometime in 2006. In the meantime, you can look forward to Hitman: Blood Money coming out this Fall. For more info on this story check out Reuters or Gamespot.