'Kill Bin Laden'may have to change focus: Kathryn Bigelow's assassination flick has been in works

Maybe it could turn into a biopic?

Academy Award-winning directorKathryn Bigelowhas been working hard on anOsama Bin Ladenassassination movie -- but she wasn't quick enough.

The Al Quaeda leader was killed byU.S.troops on Sunday,President Barack Obamaconfirmed.

"Kill Bin Laden"was set to be an action thriller flick, based on a failed Black Ops mission by the military to capture Bin Laden, who had been in hiding since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.

Bigelow, who won an Oscar for 2009's"The Hurt Locker,"and her collaboratorMark Boalhad already met with a number of actors to star in the film, including"Inglorious Basterds"starMichael Fassbender; however, he had recently backed out, and instead, Aussie actorJoel Edgertonwas in the running to be the film's star.

But now that Bin Laden has, in fact, been killed,The Hollywood Reporterprojects that Bigelow could take the film in one of two ways: it could stay the same given the excitement of Sunday's monumental event or it could change completely with a new storyline and focus.

Guess we’ll find out soon enough.

 

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