Back in September, we got our first look atDylan O’Brienas Mitch Rapp in the upcoming adaptationAmerican Assassin, based on authorVince Flynn’s long-running novel series. Today we have even more new photos that offer a closer look at Mitch Rapp, and our first glance at several new characters, includingMichael Keaton’s Stan Hurley, Mitch’s mentor,Sanaa Lathanas CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy andTaylor Kitschas a mysterious villain who goes by multiple names. Production is still under way in Europe, so it may be quite some time before we see the first trailer.
American Assassintells the story of legendary CIA agentMitch Rapp. Long before he began hunting terrorists, Rapp was a gifted college scholar/athlete. Then, tragedy struck and Rapp was recruited into the nation’s most elite covert operations program. After completing training designed to teach the kind of lethal skills necessary to target our most dangerous enemies, here and abroad, he is a man reborn with a mission of retribution. These photos come courtesy ofUSA Today.
American Assassinfollows Mitch Rapp’s early days as a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction ofCold Warveteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.
Michael Cuesta(Kill The Messenger,Homeland,L.I.E.) directs from a screenplay byStephen Schiff(The Americans,Ultimate Rush). Published by Atria Books and in mass market paperback by Pocket Books, both imprints of Simon & Schuster,American Assassinis one of fifteenVince Flynnnovels set in the world of counterterroism operative Mitch Rapp. Every single one has been a New York Times bestseller, the three most recent entries have been number one New York Times bestsellers and the series has sold nearly twenty million copies to date.
This project has been in development for several years, and beforeDylan O’Briencame aboard,Chris Hemsworthwas reportedly offered $10 million to play Mitch Rapp, but he turned it down due to scheduling issues.Lorenzo di Bonaventura(Transformers,Deepwater Horizon,Salt) andNick Wechsler(The Road,Magic Mike) are producing the film.American Assassinwill be the latest release in the partnership between CBS Films and Lionsgate. Take a look at the new photos below fromAmerican Assassin.
