/ Scout.com

U.S. Navy SEALs will be featured in new movie about an Iraqi citizen who helped track and destroy terrorists “Straight Outta Compton” writer and producer has finalized a new deal to make a new movie about Navy Seals based on a New York Times best-seller called “Code Name: Johnny Walker,” the Hollywood Reporter writes. The…

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/ Dark Horizons

“Straight Outta Compton” scribe Alan Wenkus is on board to pen an adaptation of the Iraqi War drama “Code Name: Johnny Walker” at 28 Entertainment which acquired the rights last year. Jim DeFelice (“American Sniper”) co-wrote the book with the Navy SEAL translator and Iraqi citizen who goes under the pseudonym ‘Johnny Walker’. The translator…

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/ A.V. Club

Serial memoirist Jim DeFelice, whose previous co-author credits include Chris Kyle’s bestselling autobiography American Sniper, is being adapted by Hollywood once again. Writer Alan Wenkus, one of several screenwriters who received a story credit on the recent biopic blockbuster Straight Outta Compton, has been tapped to adapt DeFelice’s Code Name: Johnny Walker, which the perennial…

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/ 411mania.com

THR reports that Straight Outta Compton writer and co-executive producer Alan Wenkus has been tapped to write a script based on the New York Times best-selling book, Code Name: Johnny Walker for 28 Entertainment. The book was written by Jim DeFelice, the co-author of Chris Kyle’s autobiography, American Sniper, which was later adapted into a…

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The Hollywood Reporter

/ The Hollywood Reporter

The story follows the exploits of an Iraqi citizen who worked with the U.S. Navy SEALs as a translator, helping them track down terrorists and became a legend in the U.S. special-ops community. Straight Outta Compton writer and co-executive producer Alan Wenkus has inked a deal to adapt the New York Times best-seller Code Name:…

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Variety

/ Variety

By Dave McNary 28 Entertainment has acquired film rights to the autobiography “Code Name: Johnny Walker,” the account of a Navy SEAL translator in Iraq. The book is written by the Iraqi translator under the pseudonym “Johnny Walker” and co-written by Jim DeFelice, co-author of “American Sniper.” It was published last week by William Morrow,…

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The Hollywood Reporter

/ The Hollywood Reporter

By Pamela McClintock 28 Entertainment has optioned the film rights to the New York Times best-selling autobiography “Code Name: Johnny Walker.” A feature film about an Iraqi who spent years translating for U.S. Navy SEALs fighting in his country is in the works. 28 Entertainment has optioned the movie rights to the autobiography Code Name: Johnny…

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/ Screen Daily

By Jeremy Kay The interpreter co-wrote the book under the pseudonym Johnny Walker with Jim DeFelice, co-author of American Sniper. William Morrow published it last week. 28 Entertainment’s Jay Hoffman, Brian A Hoffman, and Brett Harrison will produce the story of the Iraqi man’s experiences working within the SEALS fold, the US invasion and the insurgency…

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