Fox has debuted the first TV spot for "Hitman: Agent 47," the action thriller inspired by the vide0-game series.

Directed by Aleksander Bach, the franchise reboot stars Rupert Friend as an elite assassin genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of his past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.

Opening Aug. 28, “Hitman: Agent 47″ also stars Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware, Ciarán Hinds and Thomas Kretschmann.