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Murder for hire doesn't have to be sexy, but it's just more fun that way. And the best assassins are almost always sexy, using their sexual allure to confuse their prey and delight everyone else. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5799808&view=rss&microfeed=true Omar Naim, the Lebanese-American director who made his debut with 2004's demented necro-voyeurism film The Final Cut, is working on another science fiction movie, according to Production Weekly. The Old World tells the story of the last human assassin, in a world where all the other assassins are robots now. Here's hoping it's as twisted and thought-provoking as The Final Cut, but without quite so much heavy-handed speechifying. And maybe a pinch less Robin Williams. More »
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Wanted screenwriter Chris Morgan is already working on the script for a sequel to the superpowered assassin movie, he tells MTV. And no, the lack of a second volume in Mark Millar's graphic novel series that the first movie was (loosely) based on doesn't pose any problem at all. The only real problem, it turns out, comes from a random act of sabotage by Angelina Jolie. Spoilers for the first movie ahead. More »
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