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.
His death last year meant a few rewrites.
Levy would play bin Laden's 3rd in command Abu Faraj al-Libbi who assumed that post in 2004 but was arrested a year later and is still being held in the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, Tom Hardy, Chris Pratt, Guy Pearce Jennifer Ehle Harold Perrineau Australian actor/stuntman/filmmaker Nash Edgerton Fares Fares and Mark Strong also star.
Boal, Bigelow and Megan Ellison are producing the film.
The pic has December 19th release date.
This film is not to be confused with John Stockwell's true bin Laden actioner Code Name Geronimo that's already filming.
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