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Clint Eastwood is set to tell the story of kidnapped American aid worker Jessica Buchanan.
According to THR, Warner Bros has optioned the memoir “Impossible Odds”, written by Buchanan, her husband Erik Landemalm, and Anthony Flacco, with Eastwood considering it as his next film project.
“Mystic River” scribe Brian Helgeland will script the project.
Buchanan was working in Somalia when, in October 2011, she and a colleague found themselves caught by land pirates, sold out by their escort and protector. For the next 93 days, she and her co-worker lived in the desert while Buchanan’s husband, Landemalm, tried to work various agencies to have his wife rescued. In the end, President Barack Obama approved the engagement of SEAL Team 6, which parachuted into the area, killed all the pirates and extracted the pair.
The story had already been eyed for the big screen in 2013 when the book was optioned by Clear Pictures Entertainment and Silver Reel Partners, which also secured Buchanan and Landemalm’s life rights.
Eastwood’s latest film, “Sully” is doing gangbusters around the globe.
