Spielberg to Film 1972 Munich Olympics Aftermath

From ComingSoon.Net:

Steven Spielberg (The Terminal) will focus on the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics for a feature that has come together as a co-production between DreamWorks and Universal, reports Variety.

The director will shoot a script by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Insider), and he has begun casting, setting his Schindler's List star Ben Kingsley for a role. DreamWorks will likely distribute internationally while Universal distributes domestically.

The trade adds that the film doesn't have a title and remains shrouded in secrecy even as Spielberg and his production crew lock down European locations for a June start date.

Spielberg will follow this project by directing the Robin Swicord-scripted DreamWorks drama The Rivals and then will reunite with his Minority Report star Tom Cruise in a Paramount/DreamWorks adaptation of the H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, which David Koepp is currently writing.

I'm looking foward to this one.

 

My only question is: Why??

 

I have a lot of family who were in Beirut during the '72 Olympics, and had to flee the country in the days ahead and barely made it out.

I also have family who were at the '72 Olympics in Munich.

Honestly, as significant as this date is to trivia buffs, do we really need a movie about it?

 

It's about the aftermath. Maybe it will feature the "Wrath of G-d" operation.

 

Interesting. This is one of the places where the need for SWAT teams were seen.