Author Don Pendleton introduced Mack Bolan (aka The Executioner) in 1969. Pendleton wrote 37 Mack Bolan novels, sold the rights in 1980, and ghostwriters have produced over 600 books in the ongoing series. Over the years, there had been numerous attempts to take Mack Bolan to the silver screen, and many actors had, at some point, been primed for the role; among them were Steve McQueen, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, and Vin Diesel. Those attempts never pushed through. Now, it looks like we will have that Mack Bolan movie at last.
Writer Shane Salerno (Savages) is writing the script, and revealed in an interview with Deadline that his goal is to craft a “relevant, grounded and gritty, real-world PG-13 action-drama film series.” Salerno’s script is intended as the first of a potential trilogy. Salerno, Phillips, and Cooper will also produce.
In the novels, Mack Bolan is a Vietnam War veteran serving as a sniper. It is in these jungles where the young Bolan honed his military capabilities and his deadly accuracy. His 97 confirmed kills gave birth to the nickname he would carry for the rest of his life: The Executioner. And yet amidst the chaos of war, Bolan also earned the moniker Sergeant Mercy, for his compassion and willingness to help innocent Vietnamese citizens put in harm’s way or wounded by the conflict around them…
Using the tactics he learned during his military combat, Bolan refused to return to Vietnam and instead took his war to the Mafia. City by city, he strikes ruthlessly to bring down the mafia and to clean the country of this horrific criminal organization.
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