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Clint Eastwood to direct Jessica Buchanan story Impossible Odds

October 17, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Clint Eastwood is set to bring another real life story to the screen with his next movie, with THR reporting that he has signed on to direct Impossible Odds, which tells the tale of kidnapped American aid worker Jessica Buchanan.

Based on the memoir from Buchanan, her husband Erik Landemalm and Anthony Flacco and scripted by Brian Helgeland (Blood Work, Mystic River), Impossible Odds will follow Buchanan’s journey after being kidnapped by land pirates in Somalia in 2011. She and a co-worker then spent 93 days being held in the desert before President Barack Obama authorised a rescue from SEAL Team 6, who parachuted into the area, killed the pilots and extracted the pair.

Eastwood’s most recent film Sully was released in the States last month and has so far grossed over $175 million worldwide. It will open in the UK on December 2nd.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Clint Eastwood, Impossible Odds

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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