Inasmuch as we still grieve the fact that Sam Raimi is not in control of the Spider-man movies anymore, and that we still wish for him to make a new Evil Dead movie, once in a while Raimi has got to spread his wings outside of genre films. That's why it's a rather nice to hear news that Raimi will produce and supervise development of an adaptation of Jake Tapper’s book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor with an eye towards possibly directing. The nonfiction book chronicles the 2009 battle in Afghanistan, 14 miles from the Pakistani border, where 53 Americans were overrun by 400 Taliban fighters. The conflict resulted in two Medal of Honor recipients, marking the first time the award has been given to two living soldiers for the same battle since 1968. Raimi will produce with Rob Tapert, and Paul Merryman will be co-producer. [hit the jump to continue]
The book "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor" debuted at #10 on the New York Times bestseller list for hardback non-fiction. Bob Woodward described the book as: "Brilliant, dedicated reporting by a journalist who goes to ground to get the truth. A sad, real tale about this war, America and the brave warriors who live-and die-at the point of the spear" and Jon Krakauer called it "a mind-boggling, all-too-true story of heroism, hubris, failed strategy, and heartbreaking sacrifice. If you want to understand how the war in Afghanistan went off the rails, you need to read this book."
[source: Collider, Deadline]
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