Jackie and Neruda director Pablo Larrain has signed on to replace Kathryn Bigelow on True American, Annapurna Pictures’ upcoming adaptation of Anand Giriharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.
Taking place in Texas in the days following 9/11, the film follows “Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants. Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-proclaimed ‘Arab slayer’ Mark Stroman, spared from execution.”
Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow joined the project in 2014 alongside Tom Hardy, who remains attached to star. Despite vacating the director’s chair, Bigelow will produce the film adaptation alongside Megan Ellison of Annapurna.
Source: Variety
Originally published April 9, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
