Deadline reports that Jaume Collet-Serra and Marc Haimes (Kubo and the Two Strings) have written the script for the film telling the story of 1993 standoff between law enforcement and the David Koresh-led Branch Davidians cult.
Boal’s Page 1 will produce the Waco movie with Megan Ellison and Matthew Budman, with production set to begin this year.
“Waco was a turning point in history in the battle between the FBI and the far right in America,” Boal tells the outlet.
“It is a collision between a militant faction, the Second Amendment and the right to religious freedom.