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Mon 12 Apr, 2004 02:36 pm
Quote:Film Rights Optioned to Clarke Bestseller
Mon Apr 12,10:36 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The bestseller at the center of a national debate on America's security, "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror," may soon be hitting the silver screen.
Sony Pictures has optioned the film rights to former counterterrorism official Richard Clarke's book, which questions the country's readiness to address potential terrorist threats before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The project will be produced by John Calley, a veteran Hollywood executive who stepped down as the studio's chief executive and chairman last year.
Clarke last month testified at the commission investigating the Sept.11 attacks and said the Bush White House did not consider terrorism an urgent matter in the months before hijackers crashed commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and Pentagon (news - web sites). The White House launched a counterattack to refute the charge.
Clarke, who worked in the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton (news - web sites) and George W. Bush, retired last year.
I wonder what the casting of this flick will look like. Any ideas?
Even bigger question: How soon can they get this produced & released?
I first saw the news that Disney had bought the rights and couldn't quite believe that.
Will this be this era's "All the President's Men?"
Will Farrell as Bush
Drew Carey as Cheney
Bruce Willis as Rummy
Liv Tyler as Laura (She can sit there and look serene)
Oprah Winfrey as Condi (Already got the default smile down pat.)
...
Morgan Freeman as Colin--but somewhere in the middle of themovie, he turns in to Sam L.
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