New Trailer For ‘American Assassin’ Turns Dylan O’Brien Into The Ultimate Weapon

Dylan O’Brien is getting re-Bourne. “The Maze Runner” and “Teen Wolf” star is 25 and it’s time to take on some more adult roles, so he’s doing a hard pivot into “American Assassin,” which sees O’Brien going into ruthless action mode.

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Based on the best-selling book by Vince Flynn, and undoubtedly eyed as a franchise, the film follows a young man recruited and trained to work in CIA black ops, where he becomes the ultimate weapon against terrorists. Here’s the official synopsis:

AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair are then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together, the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

Co-starring Scott Adkins, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, and David Suchet, “American Assassin” opens on September 15th.


Update 8/17: A new :60 second TV spot trailer has arrived.