Since last year's excellent and undervalued "Captain Phillips," Paul Greengrass has been keeping a low profile when it comes to new projects. In January he was attached to the cyber-espionage thriller "The Director," and now he's been linked to another true life political drama. Sony Pictures has snapped up Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister's "Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda," with Scott Rudin producing and Greengrass to direct. The forthcoming book will hit stores in September, and tells the remarkable story of a Western jihadist who defects and becomes a double agent. Here's the book synopsis: He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a Jihadist. But then - after a sudden loss of faith - Morten Storm made a life-changing decision. He became a double agent for the CIA, MI6 and MI5. Filled...
- 7/29/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Following his direction of the true story Captain Phillips, filmmaker Paul Greengrass is sticking with non-fiction. Deadline reports The Bourne Ultimatum and United 93 director will develop to direct and produce an adaptation of Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA. The book (hitting shelves in the United States this September) is written by the titular agent, Morten Storm, along with Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, and tells about his life as a former Islamic radical as he became a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence. That certainly sounds like quite a compelling spy thriller. Here's the official synopsis of the book: Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen,...
- 7/29/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Captain Phillips was an incredibly taut and finely made thriller that ranked among the very best films of last year, so it’s very exciting to learn today that its director Paul Greengrass and producer Scott Rudin are already planning another collaboration. Sticking to ripped-from-the-headlines drama, the pair are reteaming for the red-hot book Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda, which is set to hit U.S. bookstores in September.
Written by Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, Agent Storm follows a former Islamic radical who becomes a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence. Greengrass is developing the story with intentions to direct, while Rudin is on board as a producer.
Amazon describes Agent Storm as follows:
Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam,...
Written by Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, Agent Storm follows a former Islamic radical who becomes a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence. Greengrass is developing the story with intentions to direct, while Rudin is on board as a producer.
Amazon describes Agent Storm as follows:
Morten Storm was an unlikely Jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam,...
- 7/29/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
"Captain Phillips" director Paul Greengrass and producer Scott Rudin are re-teaming for a film adaptation of the true story tale "Agent Storm" for Sony Pictures.
The story centers on Morten Storm (pictured), a one-time Islamic radical who eventually became a double agent for the CIA, MI6 and Danish intelligence.
He ultimately must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister wrote the book.
Greengrass is eyeing it as a directorial effort and also may adapt it.
Source: THR...
The story centers on Morten Storm (pictured), a one-time Islamic radical who eventually became a double agent for the CIA, MI6 and Danish intelligence.
He ultimately must betray his friend and mentor al-Awlaki - al-Qaeda's biggest threat to the West. Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister wrote the book.
Greengrass is eyeing it as a directorial effort and also may adapt it.
Source: THR...
- 7/29/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Sony Pictures has acquired the hot-button book Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda, and it will reunite Best Picture nominees Paul Greengrass and Scott Rudin, who last made Captain Phillips together. Greengrass will develop to direct. The book, by Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister, hits U.S stores in September. Related: Fleming Q&As Paul Greengrass The tale follows a former Islamic radical (Storm) as he became a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence. Greengrass and Rudin also are teamed on Memphis, the superb story of Martin Luther King’s final march, his murder, and the […]...
- 7/29/2014
- Deadline
Following their major critical and commercial success with Captain Phillips, director Paul Greengrass and producer Scott Rudin are once again set to collaborate on a true-life political thriller. Changing the parameters this time, however, they're turning their attention to terrorism rather than piracy and a spy rather than an Everyman. Agent Storm, adapted from a bestselling book, is the story of Morten Storm, a Danish former jihadist recruited by the CIA.Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al-Qaeda (written by Storm himself, with Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister) is one of those non-fiction tomes that reads like a thriller. Storm was an off-the-rails teenager into crime and biker gangs, who then converted to Islam. His journey led him from Denmark to Yemen where he became a protege and close confidant of the American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. But a twist in the tale saw him become disillusioned with his new cause.
- 7/29/2014
- EmpireOnline
Sony has acquired upcoming book Agent Storm: My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA, which centers on the story of a one-time Islamic radical who eventually became a double agent for the CIA, and the British and Danish intelligence. Scott Rudin is producing the film; sources say Paul Greengrass is eyeing it as a directorial project and also may adapt it. The book chronicles the life of Morten Storm. Photos 25 Summer Movies for Grown-Ups Storm, Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister wrote the book, which will hit stores Sept. 2. Storm was a troubled youth who, after spending time
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- 7/25/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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