Doug Liman to direct Attica
February 17, 2010 :: Posted by - :: Category - Hollywood
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Celebrity Update Doug Liman will direct an insider’s view of the 1971 Attica state prison rebellion from a script by Academy Award nominee Geoffrey Fletcher.
The 45 year old American film director and producer is also best known for The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and Jumper (2008). |
Doug Liman will also produce Attica with David Bartis under their Hypnotic company along with Elliot Abbott (Awakenings, A League of Their Own), who is financing the development. Avrum Ludwig also will produce.
The film purports to explore the bloodiest prison confrontation in U.S. history and the firestorm of controversy that followed the 4-day standoff.
