Clarke Is The First To Hunt Bin Laden

Jason Clarke ("Public Enemies") has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow's topical War Drama Kill Bin Landen reports Deadline.

Writer Mark Boal extensively researched the film which centers on an elite Black Ops team's attempt to assassinate Osama bin Laden almost a decade ago, an effort that came very close to succeeding.

Clarke marks the first official casting of the film will play a terrorist hunter in service of the U.S. efforts to hunt the wanted man.

Bin Laden's death meant script rewrites

Actors Tom Hardy, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Rooney Mara and Nina Arianda have also been discussed as potential cast members