Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) reunites with filmmaker Richard Linklater for Netflix’s Hit Man, a dark comedy so weird it’s hard to believe it’s inspired by a true story. The one-minute teaser stars Powell as a hitman who enjoys pie and promises to eliminate a pretty potential client’s problems. But all is not as it seems…
Glen Powell and director Richard Linklater previously worked together on Fast Food Nation, Everybody Wants Some!! and Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood. With Hit Man, Powell also collaborated with Linklater on the screenplay.
“When I was 14, I worked with Rick for the first time,” said Powell in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “And at that point, I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, he’s one of the greats. I’m getting to be on a film set, a Richard Linklater film set.’ And now it’s 20 years later, and I look at Rick the same way. I just pinch myself every day that I get to be here.”
The cast also includes Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard, and Evan Holtzman. Linklater, Powell, Mike Blizzard, Jason Bateman, and Michael Costigan served as producers. Stuart Ford, Zach Garrett, Miguel A. Palos Jr., Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, John Sloss, Scott Brown, and Megan Creydt executive produced.
Hit Man currently sits at 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes following festival screenings. Netflix is planning a limited theatrical release prior to the film’s June 7, 2024 debut on Netflix.
“Inspired by an unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.”
