Joel Kinnamanbest known for his roles in The killing AND Suicide squadis set to star in AR Content’s adaptation of John Nixon’S Debriefing to the President. Kinnaman will play former CIA analyst Nixon who wrote the non-fiction book about his experience of being the first American to identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein following his 2003 capture.
Ziad Douiri he was previously attached to direct the project as a feature film, but due to scheduling reasons, he dropped out and the project will move forward as a limited series.
Nixon was a senior leadership analyst at the CIA from 1998 to 2011, writing regularly and briefing the highest levels of the US government and later teaching leadership analysis to the next generation of analysts from the Sherman Kent School, home of the agency -house analytical training center.
“After confirming that the prisoner was indeed Hussein, who had a well-known tribal tattoo on the back of his right hand and a scar from a 1959 gunshot wound, Nixon began questioning Hussein and was surprised by his findings. Instead of a ruthless despot bent on stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, Hussein had turned his foreign policy decision-making over to his lieutenants and seemed more focused on writing a novel.
“Hussein couldn’t even figure out why he had become the focus of US anger after 9/11 and Nixon walked away in disbelief that US intelligence services and the George W. Bush administration were so wrong in their their reasons for plunging the country into the shocking origins of an Iraqi occupation.
Kinnaman said of the project:
“When I received this beautiful adaptation of John Nixon’s memoir, I was immediately thrilled to participate. It is a very intelligent character drama in which the psychological game of cat and mouse between John Nixon and Saddam Hussein will also shed new light on the chaos behind the second Iraq war. I couldn’t be more excited to make this cinematic piece with Alexander Rodnyansky and his talented team of producers.”
Sounds like a fascinating limited series that I can’t wait to check out. We will let you know more as it develops.
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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