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“Straight Outta Compton” co-writer Alan Wenkus will adapt Iraqi War drama “Code Name: Johnny Walker”.
The nonfiction book “follows the exploits of an Iraqi citizen nicknamed “Johnny Walker,” who worked with the U.S. Navy SEALs as a translator, eventually going out fully armed as part of different SEAL teams and risking his life on more than a 1,000 missions over a six-year period. Johnny helped the SEALs track down terrorists and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community. When Iraqi insurgents targeted Johnny and his family for torture and death because of his work with the Americans, the SEALs heroically brought Johnny and his family to safety in the United States” (via THR).
28 Entertainment’s Jay Hoffman, Brian A. Hoffman and Brett Harrison are producing.
The book was written by ‘Johnny Walker’ and Jim DeFelice.
Melisa Wallack, one of the writers behind the 2013 Oscar-winner “Dallas Buyers Club”, is set to pen “King of Kings”.
The film tells the story of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. According to Variety, “the film looks at the Shah’s often fraught relationship with the United States, and documents the mistakes that set the stage for the Iranian revolution and the rise of religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini”.
Terry Stone of Gateway Films is producing and Chris Howard is exec producing. A director has not yet been set.
