Richard Linklater and Glen Powell’s artistic relationship really goes again greater than 15 years. Powell had a job in Linklater’s 2006 film Quick Meals Nation, though it was actually his efficiency in Linklater’s superior 2016 baseball comedy All people Desires Some!! that served because the actor’s breakthrough position. Powell additionally appeared in Linklater’s final mission, Apollo 10 1/2: A Area Age Childhood, and now he not solely stars in his subsequent film, he co-wrote the movie as effectively.
It’s titled Hit Man, and it’s a comedy with Powell within the central position — apparently primarily based on a real story — a couple of school professor who masqueraded as an murderer for rent. The film premiered on the pageant circuit in 2023 and received rave evaluations in every single place it performed. Netflix scooped it up for distribution and is now planning to launch it on streaming this summer season — right here is the primary teaser for the movie:
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Right here is the movie’s official synopsis:
Impressed by an unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor discovers his hidden expertise as a faux hit man. He meets his match in a shopper who steals his coronary heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.
Linklater had this to say in regards to the movie and about working with Powell on Hit Man as each author and star:
[Glen] is a good collaborator. It is type of like a sports activities staff. If the very best man on the staff can also be the hardest-working, you would possibly win. That is what Glen is. He desires all people on the staff to be nice.
Hit Man will premiere on Netflix on June 7. The press launch says it would have “a restricted theatrical launch prior” to that date.
