Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Neruda) has been tapped to direct Annapurna Pictures’ upcoming film The True American.
“The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas” was published in 2014 by W.W. Norton & Company.
Employed at a Dallas-area convenience store as he established himself in America, Bhuiyan worked to have his attacker, self-styled “Arab slayer” Mark Stroman, spared from execution.
The award-winning Chilean director will lead the adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’ nonfiction book of the same name.