Sunday's news that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan brought
closure to a nation still grieving the tragedy of 9/11. Deadline reports
that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow has been preparing her follow-up
to the film set in Iraq "The Hurt Locker", entitled "Kill Bin Laden", which
could become the first feature film to depict the historical events of May
1, 2011.
Previous reports were uncertain of how the Bin Laden angle fit into
Bigelow's film, but Deadline confirms the film's focus on "an unsuccessful
mission to try and kill the Al Qaeda leader responsible for the 9/11
terrorist attack on America as he hid in the border region between Pakistan
and Afghanistan."
Another film depicting the hunt for Bin Laden stalled a few years ago at
Paramount, but the events of Laden's death, should renew studio interest.
That project, based on Gary Berntsen's non-fiction book "Jawbreaker",
followed a failed mission to capture the terrorist leader in the wake of
9/11 and was adapted for the screen by Cyrus Nowrasteh
The heavily censored book detailed how close those forces came to finding
and executing Bin Laden in the rugged mountains of Tora Bora until they were
pulled back after a decision was made to let Pakistan tribal leaders lead
the search - a decision which experts felt helped bin Laden get away.
In any case, whatever happens to these film projects, Bin Laden's death is
an event of enormous magnitude and marks a historic emotional moment for
this generation.
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