FILE - This Sept. 2, 2005 file photo shows best-selling author Vince Flynn in the library of his Edina, Minn. home. The late Minnesota author's counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp is coming to the big screen in September. CBS Films and Lionsgate announced Wednesday, March 22, 2017 that “American Assassin,” based in Flynn’s best-seller, will hit theaters nationwide and in North America on Sept. 15. Flynn wrote a series of thrillers featuring Rapp. He died in 2013 after battling prostate cancer. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
March 22, 2017 - 12:10 PM
MINNEAPOLIS - The late Minnesota author Vince Flynn's counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp is coming to the big screen in September.
CBS Films and Lionsgate announced Wednesday that "American Assassin," based on Flynn's bestseller, will hit theatres Sept. 15 nationwide and in North America.
"American Assassin" stars Dylan O'Brien as Rapp and Michael Keaton as his mentor, Stan Hurley. Sanaa Lathan plays Deputy CIA Director Irene Kennedy, who pairs Rapp and Hurley on an investigation into attacks on military and civilian targets. That leads to Rapp and Hurley teaming up with a Turkish agent to prevent a world war from erupting in the Middle East.
Michael Cuesta (the film "Kill the Messenger" and Showtime series "Homeland") directs.
Flynn wrote a series of thrillers featuring Rapp. Flynn died in 2013 after battling prostate cancer.
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