Shooter
is an uncompromising exploration of the definition and evolution of a hero.
Ryan Phillippe ("Secrets and Lies") is a producer on the project and
will star as Bob Lee Swagger, an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed
back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Omar Epps ("House")
plays Isaac Johnson, an ex-Marine and former commanding officer of Swagger. Now
a Secret Service Agent, he solicits Swagger’s expertise for a clandestine
operation that has disastrous results.
Shooter is the second
project USA Network greenlit for their 2015/2016 pilot slate after Falling
Water.
Based on the
best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the
2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg. The co-production with Paramount
Television and Universal Cable Productions comes from executive producers
Wahlberg (“Ballers,” “Boardwalk Empire”) of Closest to the Hole Productions;
Stephen Levinson (“Ballers,” “Boardwalk Empire”) of Leverage Entertainment; and
Lorenzo di Bonaventura ("Transformers," "The Real
O'Neals"). John Hlavin (“The Shield”) wrote the pilot and will also
executive produce. Simon Cellan Jones
(“Bloodline”) directed the pilot.
Shooter also stars Cynthia
Addai-Robinson ("Arrow"), Tembi Locke ("Eureka"), Eddie
McClintock ("Warehouse 13"), and Shantel VanSanten ("The Flash").
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