Mack Bolan

‘Mack Bolan’ Brings Bradley Cooper And Todd Phillips Aboard

Bradley Cooper in THE A-TEAM (2010) Moviegoers can currently catch the voice of actor Bradley Cooper as a talking raccoon in Marvel’s latest box office hit, Guardians Of The Galaxy. In the meantime, the star best known for his roles in such films as Limitless, The A-Team remake, and prominently in writer/director Todd Phillips’s road comedy Hangover trilogy is currently on the path to work on forthcoming Mack Bolan project. Deadline is reporting this week that Cooper may possibly reuinte with Phillips as star and director of the film, respectively, following earlier reports of the new deal that was set in place with writer Shane Salerno spearheading the efforts for a potential trilogy he described would be a “relevant, grounded and gritty, real-world, PG-13 action-drama film series”. Salerno solidified the deal recently with Gold Eagle Books and the estate of late author and war hero Don Pendleton, who launched the […]

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Writer Shane Salerno Advances With MACK BOLAN Book Franchise For Film Treatment

Once again, Hollywood is bound for another action packed franchise, thanks to the efforts of screenwriter Shane Salerno. The scribe who is currently working with director James Cameron on the forthcoming production of Avatar 4 has reportedly solidified a deal with Gold Eagle Books and the estate of late author Don Pendleton for feature film treatment of the classic novel series protagonist, Mack Bolan. In the book series, Bolan is described as a highly-skilled weapons expert and elite sniper who served two tours in Vietnam as a Green Beret, whose 90-kill record earned him the nickname, The Executioner. When an Army chaplin informs him of the murder/suicide of his father, sister and attempted murder of his brother, he learns the truth and ultimately turns to vigilantism, waging a one-man war against the Mafia-a move that would ultimately put him back in the throes of the government. The long-running mens’ action […]

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