Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek pulled in $177 million for The Hitman’s Bodyguard so its time for a sequel.

Now, Tom Hopper has signed on as Lionsgate and Millennium Films plan further assassination hijinks with a sequel to its 2017 hit The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Read on…

CelebNMovies247.com reports that Tom Hopper is the new addition to The Hitman’s Bodyguard 2 which has started shooting in London, Croatia and Italy.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard 2 is officially titled The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard bringing back Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek for a second run.

You might know Tom Hopper, but if not, he starred in Luther, Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and the Amy Schumer rom-com I Feel Pretty.

The sequel sees bodyguard Michael Bryce’s (Reynolds) plans to swear off violence derailed when hitman Kincaid (Jackson) and his wife Sonia (Hayek) entangle him in their mission to wreak havoc along the Amalfi Coast in an attempt to save Europe.

Matt O’Toole and Les Weldon are producing for Millennium Media and Campbell Grobman Films with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger of Millennium and Lati Grobman and Christa Campbell of Campbell Grobman as executive producers.

Are you looking forward to this sequel? The film is set for a 2020 release.