[16] The film made another $10.2 million the following weekend, becoming the third film of 2017 to finish atop the box office for three straight weeks. Official Sites (uncredited), Dutch Police Officer Principal photography began on April 2, 2016 in London, Amsterdam and Sofia. (uncredited), Tourist / Dukhovich admits guilt, then resorts to his backup plan: bombing the court to escape. (uncredited), Lawyer at The Hague [9] On February 23, 2016, Élodie Yung and Salma Hayek were cast in the film, which Lionsgate would distribute in the United States. "[18] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 47 out of 100, based on 42 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". (uncredited), Defence Stenographer As a wild bar brawl breaks out around them, the two kiss. | Producers would be Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon. (uncredited), hair coordinator: Bulgaria / makeup coordinator: Bulgaria, assistant hair stylist: Netherlands / assistant hair stylist: second unit Netherlands / assistant makeup artist: Netherlands / assistant makeup artist: second unit Netherlands, hair stylist: Bulgaria / makeup artist: Bulgaria, key hair stylist: Netherlands / key hair stylist: second unit Netherlands / key makeup artist: Netherlands / key makeup artist: second unit Netherlands, hair stylist: Bulgaria / makeup artist: Bulgaria / makeup artist: additional photography (as Ana Hvarleva), hair supervisor: Bulgaria / makeup supervisor: Bulgaria, additional makeup artist: second unit Bulgaria, makeup artist: second unit Bulgaria (as Ivon Guguchkova-Ivanova), hair stylist: second unit Bulgaria / makeup artist: second unit Bulgaria, prosthetics artist: Mr. Oldman (as David Malinoski), additional makeup artist: additional photography, assistant hair stylist: Netherlands (as Thimothy Radstadt) / assistant hair stylist: second unit Netherlands (as Thimothy Radstadt) / assistant makeup artist: Netherlands (as Thimothy Radstadt) / assistant makeup artist: second unit Netherlands (as Thimothy Radstadt), hair stylist: UK / hair stylist: second unit UK / makeup artist: UK / makeup artist: second unit UK, hair stylist: Ms. Hayek, UK / makeup artist: Ms. Hayek, UK, hair stylist: second unit Bulgaria (as Dimitrina Stoyanova-Didi) / makeup artist: second unit Bulgaria (as Dimitrina Stoyanova-Didi), assistant hair stylist: Netherlands / assistant makeup artist: Netherlands, daily hair and makeup trainee (uncredited), head of post-production: Millennium Films, first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit, first assitant director: additional photography, second second assistant director (as Zornica Cvetanova), special effects technician (as Anna McKillop), seinor speicel effects technian / seinor tech, special effects coordinator: Bulgaria unit, special effects senior technician (uncredited), digital colorist: marketing (as Ntana Key), visual effects studio supervisor: Worldwide FX, head of modeling and texturing department, previsualization producer: Worldwide FX (uncredited) / visual effects bidding producer: Worldwide FX (uncredited), stunt performer: Netherlands (as Guillermo Bongers), key stunt rigger / stunt performer: Bulgaria, stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Deylan Dimitrov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Georgi Dimitrov-Bomba), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Ilian Dimitrov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Dimitar Doychinov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Gaicho Doikov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Genady Ganchev-Gena), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Zahari Grozdonov), Bulgaria and Netherlands floor supervisor, stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Iliko Iliev), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Cvetolub Iliev), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Milen Kaleychev), stunt department office coordinator - Bulgaria, stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Ivo Kehaiov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Kristian Kolin), stunt performer: Netherlands (as Bernd Pietch), stunt performer: U.K. (as Daniel Rawlings), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Elitsa Rajeva), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Desislava Asenova), stunt performer: Netherlands (as Claudine Sleeswijk), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Vasil Yordanov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Vencislav Stoyanov), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Veselin Trayanov), stunt performer: Netherlands (as Bart van der Linden), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Ivan Vodencharov), stunt performer: U.K. (as Calvin Heasman), stunt performer: Bulgaria (as Vasil Jordanov), stunt coordinator: additional photography (uncredited), stunt double: Yuri Kolokolnikov (uncredited), stunt arranger (uncredited) / stunt performer: Vacklin Agent (uncredited), stunt double: Joaquim de Almeida (uncredited), action camera operator additional shooting period / first assistant camera additional shooting period, first assistant camera: additional photography, digital imaging technician: UK 2nd unit dailies, "C" camera: 1st unit Amsterdam / "D" camera: 2nd unit, b camera operator: second unit (as Ivo Ivanov), cable cam operator / drone pilot: second unit, second assistant camera: b camera, second unit, flight head technician: Bulgaria 2nd Unit, first assistant camera: "B" camera - Second Unit, cable cam camera operator: Amsterdam / drone camera operator: second unit, Bulgaria, first assistant camera: "A" camera - second unit, second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit, camera boat driver: Netherlands Unit (uncredited), video control assistant second unit (uncredited), casting Bulgaria (as Marianne Stanicheva), personal costumer: Mr. Jackson / set costumer, additional costumer: UK (as Gabriella Ruget), costume supervisor, second unit / set costumer, location scout amsterdam / locationmanager amsterdam, Additional Location Scout The Netherlands, composer: additional music / musician: harmonica, additional music mixing / assistant music mixing, assistant: Mr. Reynolds, Bulgaria (as Irina Alexandrova), Satellite Internet, 4G Wifi Engineer & IT Support, stand-in: for Samuel L. Jackson/Darius Kincaid, stand-in: for Ryan Reynolds/Michael Bryce, assistant: Mr. Reynolds, UK (as Christina Garner), stand-in: for Gary Oldman/Vladislav Dukhovich, stand-in: for Joaquim de Almeida/Jean Foucher, assistant production coordinator: dailies, Director's Script Development Assistant (as James McFay), production coordinator: Netherlands & Bulgaria 2nd Unit, picture double: for Ryan Reynolds/Michael Bryce, stand-in: for Rod Hallett/Professor Asimov, evp finance & operations: Millennium Films, stand-in: for Tine Joustra/Renata Casoria, the producers wish to thank (as James Waller). Newscaster, Semi-Truck Driver In May 2011, David Ellison's Skydance Media acquired the action script The Hitman's Bodyguard written by Tom O'Connor. The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. (uncredited), Bartender / Realizing that the agency cannot be entrusted with the mission due to possibility of a leak, she employs the help of Bryce to escort and protect Kincaid on the way to The Hague. Foucher and Roussel fight in which Roussel defeats Foucher, declaring that it's over in which Foucher responds by choking her. [6] The script was among the top 2011 Black List of unproduced screenplays. Two years later, the disgraced Bryce ekes out a living protecting drug-addicted corporate executives in London. 1 For 3rd Weekend With $12.9M", "Lionsgate Circling Sequel To 'Hitman's Bodyguard' With Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson In Talks", "Frank Grillo Joins Ryan Reynolds in 'Hitman's Bodyguard' Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)", https://deadline.com/2019/03/antonio-banderas-richard-e-grant-liongate-the-hitmans-bodyguard-sequel-1202575006/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Hitman%27s_Bodyguard&oldid=983801449, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Bryce has a change of heart and helps Kincaid escape, but is captured. Cyclist [22] Production on the sequel began in March 2019, with Frank Grillo joining the cast of the film. Bryce fatally shoots Foucher to save Roussel; she subdues Foucher. Company Credits The Hitman's Bodyguard was released in the United States on August 18, 2017, and grossed $180 million worldwide.