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 Swaggerβs expertise for a clandestine operation that has disastrous results.