Update: Filmed series in Los Angeles not Vancouver.
An American sniper on the run from the U.S. government. Ryan Phillippe (Secrets and Lies) plays the Bob Lee Swagger role in the USA Network pilot Shooter, which begins filming today in metro Vancouver. Based on the movie starring Mark Wahlberg, Shooter is about a former Marine sniper who leaves the military and goes off the grid after his mission goes horribly wrong. His former commanding officer now secret service agent Isaac Johnson (Omar Epps) enlists him back into service to help thwart a plot against the President but it turns out he’s been double-crossed and a national manhunt for Swagger ensues. The former Marine needs to use all his sharpshooter skills to avoid capture while he seeks revenge against the powerful men who framed him. Shantel VanSanten (The Flash) is Swagger’s wife Julie a tough, strong woman who raised their daughter while her husband was overseas.
Ryan Phillippe. Secrets and Lies image.
Omar Epps. House image.
Shantel VanSanten. The Flash image.
Emily Nios and David Marciano will play Senior FBI agents and Temi Locke (Eureka) is FBI Special Agent in Charge Claire Hopkins.
John Hlavin (The Shield) wrote and is executive producing the pilot along with Mark Wahlberg, who starred in the 2007 movie which was adapted from the Stephen Hunter novel, Point of Interest.
TV pilot The Shooter is expected to film here from October 20th to November 6th.
Production signs: IWP
@yvrshoots IWP signs on Duval and Peters in north vancouver near lynn canyon park
— kit (@johntravoltage) October 22, 2015
@babypu88 Thanks. It’s a big TV pilot Shooter with Ryan Phillippe.
— YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) October 24, 2015
@yvrshoots IWP production signs at Richmond city hall. Do you know what that is?
— Roxanne (@babypu88) October 24, 2015