Director Doug Liman (“Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, “The Bourne Identity”) and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) are putting together a film adaptation of the story of the four-day 1971 Attica state prison uprising.

Liman will also produce “Attica” alongside David Bartis under their Hypnotic company banner. Elliot Abbott (“Awakenings”, “A League of Their Own”) is also onboard producing, as well as financing the project. Avrum Ludwig also will produce.

Liman’s father, the late Arthur Liman, actually served as chief counsel to the New York State Special Commission on Attica Prison after the incident. He co-authored the commission’s report chastising then-NY Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and prison authorities for their role in the incident. During the four-day standoff, 32 inmates and 10 hostages were killed, 39 of them during an assault by state police.

Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “Attica”.

By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)