Kiler

{{Infobox film

| name =Kiler

| image =kiler.jpg

| caption =Poster

| writer =Piotr Wereśniak

| starring = Cezary Pazura
Małgorzata Kożuchowska
Jerzy Stuhr
Janusz Rewiński
Katarzyna Figura
Jan Englert

| director =Juliusz Machulski

| producer =Jacek Moczydłowski
Juliusz Machulski
Jacek Bromski

| distributor =

| released ={{Film date|1997|10|17|df=y}}

| runtime =104 minutes

| country = Poland

| language =Polish

| budget =

}}

Kiler (English: The Hitman) is a 1997 Polish comedy by Juliusz Machulski, starring Cezary Pazura, Jerzy Stuhr, Janusz Rewiński, Jan Englert, Katarzyna Figura and Małgorzata Kożuchowska. The movie is a story of a taxi driver named Jerzy (short: Jurek) Kiler who is mistaken for a notorious mercenary killer by the police as well as the mafia.{{cite news|url=https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=127116 |title=Kiler |access-date=7 June 2020}} The film has a sequel; Kiler-ów 2-óch.

Remake

Seeing the movie's tremendous success in Poland, two film studios from the United States started negotiations to buy the rights to make an English version of the film: Hollywood Pictures offering $600 000, and 20th Century Studios, offering $10 000. The rights were sold to Hollywood Pictures who paid half of the money on the spot and agreed to pay the rest after the end of film production. Barry Josephson was planned to be the producer, and Barry Levinson, the director. The original director of Polish film, Juliusz Machulski was planned to be the executive producer. After the poor reception of Wild Wild West made by Josephson and Levinson, two stopped working together, putting aside the possibility of working on the film adaptation.{{cite news|url=https://www.antyradio.pl/Filmy-i-seriale/Filmy/Czy-wiesz-ze-Hollywoodzka-wytwornia-planowala-remake-Kilera-28943|title=Czy wiesz, że: Hollywoodzka wytwórnia planowała nakręcić remake "Kilera"|website=antyradio.pl|date=February 2019 |language=pl}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fakt.pl/kobieta/plotki/juliusz-machulski-kiler-mial-powstac-w-holywood/19lkdg5|title=Machulski o "Kilerze" w Hollywood. Mógł zarobić ogromne pieniądze|website=fakt.pl|date=29 June 2017 |language=pl}} Barry Sonnenfeld was also interested in directing the movie. Jim Carrey and Will Smith were rumored to be considered to portray the main character of the film The film was set to happen in New York City, with the plot revolving around a taxi driver who accidentally got confused for a world-famous hitman. The production was meant to be appropriated into the American market with different humour. The production of the film was planned to start in 1999 or 2000, however this never occurred.{{Cite web|url=https://kultura.onet.pl/film/wiadomosci/kiler-kiler-kiler/vp9lydl|website=kultura.onet.pl|title=Kiler, Kiler, Kiler...|date=10 May 2000 |language=pl}} In 2007, the studio responsible for the production was disestablished.{{cite news|last=Fixmer|first=Fixmer|title=Disney to Drop Buena Vista Brand Name, People Say (Update1)|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0MG17nO.PG8&refer=home|access-date=28 November 2012|newspaper=bloomberg.com|date=April 25, 2007}}