European producer and distributor Power, has optioned film and TV rights for Shooting War, Anthony Lappé’s graphic novel illustrated by Dan Goldman, and will develop a new series on the campaign against terrorism, the media and the rise of ‘citizen journalism’ based on it. The recently published graphic novel is a near-future political thriller and dark satire about a young blogger who ends up as a war journalist caught in a conflict between the US government and terrorists. In addition to Shooting War, Power is currently in production of Crusoe, a 13-part action series for NBC; XIII: The Conspiracy, starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff; and the political two part mini series The Summit, which will be available at MIPTV.
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