Warner Bros has also provided us with the first photo from Ridley Scott’s (Gladiator, American Gangster) big screen adaptation of David Ignatius’s novel, Body of Lies. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Roger Ferris, an injured former Iraq War journalist who is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader. And the screenplay is written by William Monahan, who won the Oscar last year for The Departed‘. The film also stars Russell Crowe and Carice van Houten.
Here is the Official Book Description:
A tale of counterterrorism from an author who “ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart” (Publishers Weekly). Roger Ferris is one of the CIA’s soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission-to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as “Suleiman.” Ferris’s plan for getting inside Suleiman’s tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: He prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy’s ranks. This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity, and when it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan’s intelligence service-a man who might be an Arab version of John le Carré’s celebrated spy, George Smiley. But can Ferris trust him?
Body of Lies will hit theaters in the Fourth Quarter of 2008.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:05 am
got high hopes for this!
December 11th, 2007 at 11:42 am
leo is trying real hard lately to not look like the 12 year old girl he is :D
December 12th, 2007 at 2:04 am
spy movie? i’m there!
December 13th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Josh, you’re just mad because he wouldn’t let you join his fan club.
This looks good! The Departed was awesome, and DiCaprio has earned my respect since he lost it in Titanic.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Well I was one of the lucky ones selected to see the test screening of this movie and let me tell you. It’s a good movie… my friend thought it was a bit too long but with a little modifications this movie will be good…
April 29th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Good isn’t enough…Leo should play only in masterpieces.(and for those who hate him,if you see all his movies you ‘ll realise that he is one of the greatest actors of all time,,,along with deniro and pacino)
May 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
has anyone here seen the screening to this movie and if so would you write to me at archer6749@yahoo.com and tell me everything you can about this movie
thanks
June 6th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi there, Iam so glad that the movie is getting good responses as actually a very close friend of mine did act with leo in that movie, and was playing one of the terrorists, but unfortunately he hasn’t seen the film yet, but I would like, out of curiosity to know who was your favouirt terrorist? if any! may be its him