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.
Originally published October 17, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
