Vin Diesel starring in Hitman movie, possibly game on GameSpot has reports from the entertainment trades that Vin Diesel has signed on for the role of Codename 47 in the upcoming movie based on the Hitman series. The report that the smooth-topped actor will play the likewise follicley challenged assassin is accompanied by speculation that a future Hitman game might be released to coincide with the movie that would add Diesel's likeness to the game character. The actor is a gamer with his own company to oversee such projects (story), said in the story to be one of the reasons for the high quality of the game tie-in for The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.