Kyle Chandler Joins Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden Thriller
2011 was a good year for Kyle Chandler, between his finally winning an Emmy for his fan-favorite role as Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights and the success of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, which Chandler starred in. It looks like 2012 should be another excellent year for the actor, thanks to his upcoming turn as former Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan in the Ben Affleck-directed CIA thriller Argo - and a part as a CIA operative in Kathryn Bigelow’s impending Black Ops thriller.
Bigelow is reuniting with Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) on this new project, which has incited lots of buzz - both negative and positive - seeing how it partially deals with the search for (and eventual killing of) infamous al-Qaeda figurehead Osama bin Laden - hence, the currently-untitled film being referred to as Kill bin Laden early on in development.
In its scoop on Chandler joining Bigelow’s new film, Deadline points out that none of the critically-acclaimed actors and actresses already revealed as onboard have been officially confirmed at this point. Whether or not that has anything to do with the controversy surrounding the project - due to claims that Bigelow and Boal were provided “classified” information about the killing of bin Laden by the Obama administration - is not clear.
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Bigelow is reuniting with Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) on this new project, which has incited lots of buzz - both negative and positive - seeing how it partially deals with the search for (and eventual killing of) infamous al-Qaeda figurehead Osama bin Laden - hence, the currently-untitled film being referred to as Kill bin Laden early on in development.
In its scoop on Chandler joining Bigelow’s new film, Deadline points out that none of the critically-acclaimed actors and actresses already revealed as onboard have been officially confirmed at this point. Whether or not that has anything to do with the controversy surrounding the project - due to claims that Bigelow and Boal were provided “classified” information about the killing of bin Laden by the Obama administration - is not clear.
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