Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” stars Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, a milquetoast philosophy professor who moonlights as an undercover cop set on flushing out people who hire contract killers. One day…
as Gary Johnson, a milquetoast philosophy professor who moonlights as an undercover cop set on flushing out people who hire contract killers.
Linklater and Powell co-wrote the screenplay. AGC Intl. Reps world sales; Cinetic Media and CAA are handling North American sales. The film upends the film noir tropes — sure, nice guy Johnson falls for the beautiful Madison, but it’s there that any similarity to “Double Indemnity” ends. “Hit Man” definitely adopts a 1970s feel — it’s sexy with a touch of madcap humor. “I definitely felt like I was in another decade with this movie. .. this is my ’70s or ’80s film,” Linklater says, adding that audiences can expect things to get steamy. “I read all the time ‘Oh, there’s not sex in movies anymore.’ I was like, no, we’re going to have sex.”
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