USA Network announced a series pick-up for
Shooter, a drama based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Hunter,
Point of Impact, and the
2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg. 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.