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If watching Timothy Olyphant make life tough for Bruce Willis' John McClane isn't enough to satiate you for one night, ComingSoon says that the first trailer for his other new action flick, Hitman, will screen before the movie next week. This would, hopefully, mean that you'll get your first official look at the actor as Agent 47 -- unless, of course, they got one of those teaser routes where they show absolutely nothing and we're made to be excited by the flashing name of the film and some cheesy voice-over. Last month, I alerted you to some pictures that surfaced showing Olyphant in his bald-headed glory, but the pictures were removed at the request of the studio a few days later. No more sexy...sorry, I don't mean to deflate any excitement you might have about the movie, so let me rephrase: manly, burping, muscle-laden, tough, clever, unstoppable testosterone for us to enjoy.

This will be the first English-language feature for Xavier Gens, from an adapted screenplay by Swordfish writer Skip Woods. The film will cover Agent 47 as he gets wrapped up in a political conspiracy and hunted by both interpol and the Russian military while traveling across Eastern Europe trying to find out who set him up. Dougray Scott is one of the guys chasing him, and I imagine that Olga Kurylenko is the beautiful, damaged girl he comes across, since she's the only female on the cast list. Other cast include Prison Break's Robert Knepper, Kingdom of Heaven's Ulrich Thomsen and Michael Offei, who had a small part in Casino Royale as Obanno's Lietenant.

Sexy actor Timothy Olyphant has been amping up the machismo lately. Ignoring his stint in Catch and Release, he's made a tougher name for himself with Deadwood, and is sure to raise some brows when he chases down John McClane in Live Free or Die Hard. I am, therefore, really hoping that he follows in Bruce Willis' footsteps, and finds The Hitman to be his catapult to action hero and lustdom. I've followed his career for a while now and it's about time for people to stop saying "Who?" when I mention his name. If the first look at his stint as Agent 47 is any indication, my wish should come true.

I have to admit, I've never played the game, but looking from the pictures to that face to the left (which you can see fully here) -- he looks pretty spot-on to me. For the other Hitman-ignorant out there, the premise is that Agent 47 is a professional assassin "whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work" -- but I'm sure the big guns help too. He gets embroiled in a political takeover, and then has to figure out who set him up and why. Of course, he's also sidetracked by "a beautiful, damaged girl." One of the guys chasing him will be Scottish actor Dougray Scott, and early script reviews said that it was "a testosterone-laced action-packed thriller." But since I'm a newbie to the Hitman world, what do you fans out there think of Mr. Olyphant as Agent 47? Is he looking the part?

*5/18 Update -- The Olyphant Hitman pics have been removed at the urgent request of the studio. Hopefully, we'll have something more official to bring you soon.