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SHOOTER Lands Series Pick-Up At USA Network

Antoine Fuqua has certainly become prospective in the last few years in both TV and film. At least two of his movies are being adapted into small screen ventures and he’s already overseeing one of them at CBS. The other will be dealt with accordingly by director Simon Cellan now helming the pilot for Shooter which a new press release is officially announcing series pick up at USA Network following actor Ryan Philippe’s attachment last August. The full details are below! UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – February 10, 2016 – USA Network announced a series pick-up for SHOOTER, a drama 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 […]

Ryan Phillippe To Tackle SHOOTER Series Pilot For USA

Lee B. Golden III

As much as there appears to be a market for televised extensions of theatrical releases, Paramount Pictures is surely jumping aboard as of late last year with the announcement of Shooter. The pilot was ordered for TNT originally but had since moved to USA network which already has a slate of pilots well underway. Director Antoine Fuqua’s original 2007 film, starring Mark Wahlberg, was inspired by author Stephen Hunter’s 1993 Bantam Dell publication which centered the story of Bob Lee Swagger, a former soldier resigned to his skillset and instincts after being coaxed and ultimately framed for an attempt to kill the president. John Hlavin wrote the script for the upcoming pilot and word has it now from Deadline that Ryan Phillippe, actor and co-star of shows like Secrets and Lies and Damages is being tapped to star while Wahlberg serves as executive producer. There are no other names attached […]