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Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson & Gary Oldman join Hitman’s Bodyguard

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman will headline Millennium Films’ “Hitman’s Bodyguard”.

Jeff Wadlow is directing the actioner from Tom O’Connor’s script about “the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) who has a new client: a hit man who has come in from the cold. They’ve been on opposite ends of a bullet for years and hate one another. Now they’re stuck together and have 24 hours to get to the Hague. Oldman will play a villain” (via THR).

Production will take place in the UK, Amsterdam and Bulgaria from April 4.

Producers are Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon with exec producers Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Christine Otal, Jason Bloom, Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman.

 

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