Last year, we reported that CBS Films, which had acquired the rights to Vince Flynn's series of thrillers featuring Mitch Rapp, was adapting Consent to Kill as the first in a potential film franchise.
Now we're learning that the studio is looking at the most recent book in the series, American Assassin, as the place to start. And in many ways, that makes sense since, though the 11th book published, it is a prequel, outlining how the CIA agent came to be with the Special Operations Group. (Read our review of the book on Mysterious Reviews: American Assassin by Vince Flynn.)
"We were prepping Consent to Kill when Vince told us he was going to tell Mitch Rapp's origin story in American Assassin," said CBS Films president/CEO Amy Baer. "From there it was a natural decision to introduce audiences to Mitch Rapp, the man before he became the legend."
And though Antonie Fuqua was originally attached to this project, Ed Zwick is now on board to direct his own screenplay adaptation.
(Source: Deadline|New York.)
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