Entertainment Weekly gives us the heads up:
EW has confirmed that since 2008, The Hurt Locker’s Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have been working on a film version of a book called Kill Bin Laden. They were so far along, in fact, the duo were looking to shoot their film this summer with independent financing
The book itself focuses on the failed attempt to get Bin Laden in Tora Bora in late 2001. Now there’s speculation that the script may go under a revision to accommodate current events. It is worthy to note that while Oscars and some box office respect went out to The Hurt Locker and the filmmakers, they *still* had to go outside the Hollywood system just to get this project off the ground. I suspect some of those problems will soon be at an end, for there will be many wanting to know how this film will shape up.
What’s your take on a film for the hunt for the terrorist leader? Would you be interested in seeing it? Or would we like to see a film surrounding Navy SEAL Team Six? I’m sure something like that wouldn’t be far behind, even though officially there is no SEAL team six. Would there be a political slant (which Hurt Locker generally-and wisely- avoided for the most part) or if there was one, will the filmmakers have to tone it down if it is there?
