Washington: Mohamedou Ould Slahi's memoir 'Guantanamo Diary,' which tells the story of a suspected terrorist, gets film deal.
Now a 44-year-old Muslim was incarcerated at that detention camp since 2002, without ever being charged with a crime or having the opportunity to defend himself in court, Deadline.com reported.
Two of the principal architects behind the Oscar-nominated Paul Greengrass-directed hot-button films 'United 93' and ' Green Zone' have optioned film rights. Lloyd Levin and Michael Bronner, who were producers on those films, intend to bring the story to the screen.
The script will be written by Bronner, who covered terrorism and Guantanamo Bay extensively after 9/11 as a 60 Minutes producer before he got into the movie business providing expertise and research for Greengrass's United 93 and then Captain Phillips.
