Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in Hit Man
The Big Picture Richard Linklater's latest film, Hit Man, is one of the most anticipated films on the 2024 film calendar. Now on Netflix, the film is set to be a building block for one of Hollywood's rising megastars, Glen Powell, who is not only the star of Hit Man, but also Linklater's co-writer.
Hit Man is adapted from a real story documented by Texas Monthly in 2001. The article of the same name was written by Skip Hollandsworth, whose work served as the basis for another black comedy/docu-drama by Linklater, Bernie. That film, starring Jack Black as a folksy mortician convicted of murder, adapts an absurdist story and infuses it with Linklater's natural humanism and sharp commentary on Texas culture.
Related How 'Hit Man' Director Richard Linklater Made a True Story Funny "A lot of that is kind of a flight of fancy."
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