Harrelson signs on for Stone’s Vietnam War drama ‘Pinkville’.
November 14th, 2007 - 2:51 am ICT by adminThe massacre ended up being a turning point in the war.
Harrelson will play Col. Henderson, the conflicted officer in charge of the task force that committed the massacre, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
Willis is set to portray William R. Peers, the real-life Army general who investigated the incident while Tatum has signed on to play Hugh Thompson Jr., an Army helicopter pilot who aided the villagers and later testified against the soldiers.
Mikko Alanne wrote the script, with Tom Cruise’s United Artists financing the movie.
Production is set to begin next year, with MGM distributing.
This would be Stone’s fourth film on Vietnam War, followed by Oscar winner “Platoon,” “Heaven and Earth” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” (ANI)
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