Netflix is developing a Hit Man series inspired by the 2024 film, extending a title that already moved from theaters to the streamer and drew awards attention. Glen Powell and Richard Linklater are set to executive produce the potential series, while Stephen Falk is writing it.
The project matters because Hit Man was not built as a Netflix original. AGC Studios announced the film in May 2022, and after a limited theatrical release it landed on Netflix in June 2024 in a deal worth $20 million for territories that included the U.S. and UK. The film, which follows an unassuming police contractor who poses as a fake hitman using different disguises and characters to catch people looking to arrange a killing, later picked up strong reviews and helped turn Powell into a bigger streaming name.
That profile is part of why the title is back in play now. Powell received a Golden Globe nomination for Hit Man, and he and Linklater also earned a WGA Award nomination for the film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival before making its North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival. The new series would give Netflix another way to keep one of its notable acquisitions alive, following a pattern it has already used with XO, Kitty, a spinoff of The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy, and the upcoming Extraction TV offshoot.
What Netflix has not said is almost as important as what it has: details about the series are being kept under wraps, and the company declined comment. So while the creative team is in place — including AGC Television and Powell’s BarnStorm Productions as producers — the shape of the story and whether any familiar faces such as Adria Arjona return in the new version remains unresolved.
For now, the next step is straightforward and quiet. The series is still in development, with Falk writing and Powell and Linklater attached to produce, but Netflix has not yet revealed how it plans to expand the film’s premise into a television run.
