Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) found herself in the headlines this week as details emerged about a planned project called Kill Bin Laden, which is obviously now in search of a new title. The untitled independent drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden had actually already been in the casting process, and so now is surprisingly close to incorporating the news of the last week to start filming. The original basis for Bigelow's film was to be an earlier unsuccessful attempt to kill Osama bin Laden on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.Screenwriter Mark Boal, who also wrote The Hurt Locker, is also now working on adapting to this week's news. If any proof was needed to confirm how far along this project really was, even before May 2nd, this week also saw the announcement of the film's first cast member. Australian actor Joel Edgerton, who is probably still best known for playing the young Uncle Owen in the Star Wars prequels, has been cast as a special operative who will be part of an ensemble cast of "commandos." The plan is for casting to continue, and for filming to begin as early as this summer.
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