I think Peter Berg is a filmmaker with a world of talent…he’s just never put it all together yet. Once he does though, we’re going to get a great movie. Could his next project be the one? Time will tell, but it’s certainly got a strong cast building for it, an adaptation of the non-fiction book ‘Lone Survivor’. The cast already has Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, and Taylor Kitsch involved, though now Variety is reporting here that Emile Hirsch is going to be rounding out the cast with the final leading role. After the jump you can see a bit about the book, but it’s a strong premise, I assure you. Find out more about it below…
Here’s the synopsis that I found, via Collider:
Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small army in a Taliban stronghold. Five days later, only one of those Navy SEALS made it out alive.
This is the story of the only survivor of Operation Redwing, SEAL fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, and the extraordinary firefight that led to the largest loss of life in American Navy SEAL history. His squadmates fought valiantly beside him until he was the only one left alive, blasted by an RPG into a place where his pursuers could not find him. Over the next four days, terribly injured and presumed dead, Luttrell crawled for miles through the mountains and was taken in by sympathetic villagers who risked their lives to keep him safe from surrounding Taliban warriors.
A born and raised Texan, Marcus Luttrell takes us from the rigors of SEAL training, where he and his fellow SEALs discovered what it took to join the most elite of the American special forces, to a fight in the desolate hills of Afghanistan for which they never could have been prepared. His account of his squadmates’ heroism and mutual support renders an experience that is both heartrending and life-affirming. In this rich chronicle of courage and sacrifice, honor and patriotism, Marcus Luttrell delivers a powerful narrative of modern war.
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I’m always up for something with Emile Hirsch in it!
Jessie Makowski(Quote) (Reply)
Likewise…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
A fine young actor.
Marty(Quote) (Reply)
Agreed there…
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