The School picked up by Universal

Headline: The School picked up by Universal

16th May 2006 Posted by: thetallguy

Universal Pictures are developing a movie based on the Beslan tragedy where 300 children were killed during a siege by terrorists at a school in Beslan.


The movie will be based on the New York Times article by C.J. Chivers, the Moscow correspondent for the New York Times, who covered the ordeal as it unfolded over three days in 2004, ending with the deaths of about 300 of the 1,100 hostages; 31 terrorists also were killed.

Chivers returned to the town of Beslan 18 months later to interview the survivors, whose viewpoints give The School an emotional thrust and its movie potential.

Is it too soon for a movie about this, especially when the general consensus is that it was too soon for a 9/11 movie?

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