The Hitman’s Bodyguard

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD Announced At Cannes

Lionsgate Things are already stirring at Cannes with deals and announcements readying from now through next week. Millenium is on hand as well and with a revealing photo gone viral in its wake, we now have some context regarding a second title per Alex Ritman’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter. A script remains yet to be written whilst both Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are expected to reprise their roles for The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, according to the report which also cites the tagline: “The Good. The Bad. And the Batshit cray.” The film follows last summer’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard from director Patrick Hughes, telling of a disgraced bodyguard whose troubled past with a hitman sees the two on a raucous journey of survival while a mad dictator – the subject of a war crimes investigation by the Hague – sends for their deaths. Millenium’s package also includes director […]

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD: The Struggle Is Real For Ryan Rrynolds In The Latest Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Lest you fall sleep on The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes’s latest R-rated affair, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, a brand new trailer has arrived ahead of its August 18 release. The world’s top protection agent [Ryan Reynolds] is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen [Samuel L. Jackson]. The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours. During their raucous and hilarious adventure from England to the Hague, they encounter high-speed car chases, outlandish boat escapades and a merciless Eastern European dictator [Gary Oldman] who is out for blood. Salma Hayek joins the mayhem as Jackson’s equally notorious wife as does actress Elodie Yung to whom our titular bodyguard tries his ill-fated best to redeem himself at the top of this week’s newly […]

Buckle Your Seatbelts For The New Trailer For THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD

Lee B. Golden III

In the spirit of keeping the summer movie hype going, director Patrick Hughes’s new action comedy, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is back to boast a little more of its promising thrills apart from its first red-band trailer last month. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live took to its audience late Thursday evening to unveil an exclusive look at the second official trailer ahead of its August 18 release. The world’s top protection agent [Ryan Reynolds] is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen [Samuel L. Jackson]. The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours. During their raucous and hilarious adventure from England to the Hague, they encounter high-speed car chases, outlandish boat escapades and a merciless Eastern European dictator [Gary Oldman] who is out […]

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD Sports An All-Too Familiar-Looking Poster

Lee B. Golden III

I don’t think anyone generally knew that the marketing for director Patrick Hughes’s latest action thriller, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, was going to be such a hilarious pisstake. Given the latest official artwork debut however, it appears they’re not kidding. Indeed, we have Samuel L. Jackson holding onto Ryan Reynolds for dear life as the story follows the world’s top protection agent assigned to guard his worst enemy, the world’s deadliest assassin from attempts on his life by a powerful dictator, played by Gary Oldman. Also starring is actress Salma Hayek along with Elodie Yung and others for its August 18 release and while we’ve yet to learn anymore about the film, I think the first NSFW trailer from Wednesday states the film’s case just fine… this one is gonna be too much fun. Peep the ink below!

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD Targets The Deadpool Fanbase In The Restricted First Trailer For The Ryan Reynolds Action Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Patrick Hughes gets it. Sure, The Expendables 3 may have been a measurable misfire, but judging by the first trailer for his latest endeavor, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, you get the feeling you’re on familiar territory and especially after taking in so much of actor Ryan Reynolds through all of the Deadpool fan fervor. It’s a good move. A smart move, and right next to casting Samuel L. Jackson to keep the buddy formula going, the film looks nothing short of the very promise we missed out on three years earlier. The world’s top protection agent [Ryan Reynolds] is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen [Samuel L. Jackson]. The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours. During their raucous and hilarious […]

THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD Begins Filming With Reynolds, Jackson, Oldman And More

Lee B. Golden III

With the rescue of actor Ryan Reynolds’s career thanks to the heavy-duty success of 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool, the co-star of Ariel Vromen’s Criminal is finally underway with the production of his latest gig in The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Millenium Films made the announcement on Wednesday following news updates building up since late last year with last month revealing Red Hill and The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes would be sitting in the director’s chair for the film’s production in London. via ComingSoon.net The Hitman’s Bodyguard is an action comedy about the world’s top protection agent (Reynolds) and his new client: a notorious hitman who came in from the cold (Jackson). They’ve been on opposite ends of a bullet for years. They hate each other. Now they’re stuck together and have 24 hours to get from England to The Hague. The only thing standing in their way is everything a murderous Eastern […]