Feminist trend
Lately Hollywood is focusing on adding female roles on franchises that did not had them before. For example "Mad Max: Fury Road", I did enjoy the movie, but It felt like it was more about 'Furiosa' than it was about 'Max'.
In this Hitman reboot, 'Katia van Dees' is shown as superior to Agent 47, I don't recall any character like that in the Games.
Not that there's anything wrong with portraying empowered woman, but make original movies for that, like 'Kill Bill' or 'Tomb Raider'.
Don't ruin the image of the protagonist or the origin story.
How would it feel, if they reboot "Alien" with a male lead, and make Ripley's character a more dismal supporting one?