It seems that 20th Century Fox is giving the green light for preproduction into Hitman 2, a sequel to their 2007 adaptation of the popular video game series. Robert Sanchez, via IESB, reports the studio has hired scribe Kyle Ward (upcoming Kane and Lynch) to flesh out a screenplay for the sequel.
The website confirms that Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter and Chuck Gordon will return as producers but with the development process just gearing up, there's no confirmation yet on the possible returns of Timothy Olyphant (Agent 47), Olga Kurylenko (Nika Bororina) and Dougray Scott (Mike Whittier).
The first film hit theaters on November 21, 2007 before going on to gross $100 million worldwide. Xavier Gens helmed the production, based on a screenplay by Skip Woods.