Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth) appears to have lined up his next project, with Deadline reporting that he’s set to helm an adaptation of Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark’s book The Siege: 68 Hours Inside The Taj Hotel.
The book recounts the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack and in particular the siege of the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel by a group of Pakistani militants. The film is said to be in the vein of Captain Phillips and Black Hawk Down, and will “offer a 360-degree look at those tragic few days as we follow ordinary tourists enjoying what they thought would be the holiday of a lifetime, the under-siege employees of the grand hotel, as well as the terrorists themselves.”
Kurzel is currently shooting the Assassin’s Creed movie, which reunites him with Macbeth stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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Originally published November 6, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
