Oscar winner Director kathy to make film on Osama bin laden
Kathryn Bigelow, director of the Oscar-winning war film"The Hurt Locker," is reportedly developing an action thriller aboutthe U.S.-led hunt for Osama bin Laden.
The 60-year-old director's eagerly-awaited film, which isreportedly titled 'Zero Dark Thirty', is due for release in December this year,tells the story of the US Navy Seal team which trailed the notorious al-Qaedaleader before finally killing him, his aides and one of his sons in a nightraid on his secret compound in the heart of a Pakistan army establishment town.
Its cast is set to include 'The Help' star Jessica Chastain,British actor Mark Strong, Aymen Hamdouchi and Kyle Chandler.
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The raid, which was carried out without the knowledge of thePakistan army and government, caused widespread anger at the violation of thecountry's sovereignty and remains a source of anti-American feeling in thecountry.
The producers decided in the current security climate itwould be impossible for them to film in Pakistan and looked for alternativelocations.
The Associated Press quoted a person close to Bigelow and"The Hurt Locker" screenwriter Mark Boal as saying that thefilmmakers are moving forward with the new film project. The two have notcommented. Bigelow and Boal began developing a thriller said to be about binLaden back in December 2010. Work on the project's script began in January.
"The Hurt Locker" tells of a U.S. bomb squad inIraq in 2004 and stars Jeremy Renner. The film won six Academy Awards,including Best Picture, in 2010. Bigelow won the prize for Best Directing andBoal took home the award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay).
Bigelow is also known for directing the cult surfer crimefilm "Point Break," which stars Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves.
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Bigelow and Boal are also working on a film tentativelytitled "Triple Frontier," which centers on a group of men working in aborder zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, which has been a suspectedhaven for organized crime and terrorists. Actors linked to the project, set forrelease in 2012, include Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.
The "Triple Frontier" between the countries isdifficult to monitor and control. In 2002, a year after the September 11attacks, the area was dubbed "the center of Middle Eastern terrorism inSouth America." In 2006, the United States suspected Muslim members of itscommunities raised funds for terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda.
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