Shooter's Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) aims his firearm at a target next to a more recent picture of Wahlberg in front of a golden circle
Summary Mark Wahlberg addresses the possibility of a sequel to Shooter. Wahlberg starred in the 2007 Antoine Fuqua-directed movie as Marine Scout Sniper Bob Lee Swagger, who is framed for an assassination attempt, and must unravel the sinister political conspiracy at the heart of this injustice. Despite being released 17 years ago, Shooter recently became a streaming hit on Paramount+, where it became one of the service's top 10 performing films available on their platform.
Well, I think my good friends over at Skydance just took over Paramount, so I think that's a possibility. We got a pretty good library over there with, not only Shooter, with The Italian Job, even Four Brothers, The Fighter. And then other things that they have in the library that could be interesting to revisit, or revamp, but that one in particular. Yes. Anywhere I go for the last 20 years, people are always coming up to me about that movie.
A Shooter Franchise Has Plenty Of Source Material To Draw From There Are Numerous Novels About Bob Lee Swagger Close Shooter's enduring popularity, recent streaming success, the changes at Paramount, and Wahlberg's interest are all promising signs of expanding the film into a larger franchise. In terms of story, potential sequels have a wealth of source material to draw from, as there are 12 novels about Swagger written by Stephen Hunter.
There was a Shooter television series that aired for three seasons on the USA Network from 2016 to 2018, with Ryan Phillippe playing the role of Swagger, but it never achieved the same popularity as the movie. A movie sequel directed by Fuqua, with Wahlberg back as Swagger, Peña as FBI Special Agent Nick Memphis, and adapted from one of Hunter's novels would be the ideal way to turn Swagger's story into a cinematic franchise.
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