Warner Bros will make an untitled action thriller about last summer's real-life hostage rescue in the Colombian jungle.
In July, 15 prisoners were freed by undercover forces who tricked the captors, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), into thinking they were moving the hostages to another location.
The film will focus on Operacion Jaque, a five-year plan to locate and rescue three Americans who had been captured in 2003 by Colombian guerilla group FARC. The covert effort involved numerous governments, diplomats and intelligence services and a vast network of spies, military advisers and soldiers plus high-tech surveillance measures.
New York Times Magazine‘s foreign correspondent Peter Landesman will script the drama.
“We're fed so many post-9/11 movies filled with political ambiguity, but this story is unequivocally about good vs. evil, with a happy ending,” Landesman said.
Warner Bros becomes the second major studio to put a rescue film in development. The rival is Sony‘s “Operation Checkmate,” which also explores the same event, scripted by Jessica Postigo, with Simon Brand to direct.
