Actor Gelm Powell and acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater are teamed up for an upcoming film titled Hit Man. On Tuesday, the first image of Powell's character from the film was released online. The first image sees Powell in a pair of glasses with a confused look.
Billed as an action comedy, Hit Man has a script that Powell and Linklater have co-written based on the Texas Monthly magazine article of the same name by Skip Hollandsworth. Hit Man tells the story of an undercover Houston police officer who disguised himself as a hitman to resolve some criminal offence. While committed to his duty, he encounters a woman who needs help...circumstances force him to be at both ends of being a police officer and a hitman.
Powell plays the role of the police officer/ hitman, while Adria Arjona essays the women he encounters.
Hit Man also features Retta, Austin Amelio, and Molly Bernard in supporting roles.
The film is scheduled to premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2023.