Peter Buchman (“Che,” “Jurassic Park III”) has been hired to rewrite the political thriller “A Man Must Die” at Focus Features.
Based on a true story, the story deals with the 1970’s assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier, a man targeted and killed via a car bomb in Washington D.C. by agents of the Pinochet regime.
The film will follow the FBI investigator who starts to suspect a government conspiracy surrounding the murder.
Gerardo Naranjo, who helmed Miss Bala, wrote the original screenplay. Pablo Cruz is producing
Source: Deadline