Millennium films has acquired a package for cnn chief washington correspondent jake tappers the outpost. The outpost that never should have been fresh air february 19, 20 in a new book, the cnn anchor tells the story of combat outpost keating. Based on jake tapper s new york times bestselling nonfiction book, the film follows a tiny unit of us soldiers alone at the remote combat outpost keating located deep in the valley of three. Before the hellfire club in 2018, and even before joining cnn in 20, jake tapper authored the outpost. Abc news jake tapper s new book delves into infamous 2009 taliban attack on 53 u. If you want to know what our soldiers are experiencing while fighting in afghanistan, read this book. Milo gibson to star in the outpost based on cnn jake. Tapper, a cnn anchor, spent two years investigating this mission. Rod lurie the contender will direct the film, which is being adapted by oscarnominated duo paul tamasy and eric johnson the fighter. In the outpost, jake tapper recounts the assault on soldiers at an afghanistan outpost.
How did you choose combat outpost keating as the subject of the book. An untold story of american valor, the new york times bestselling book by cnns jake tapper, was published by little. Tapper spoke to buzzfeed over email about the outpost, afghanistan, and his favorite war books. In the shadow of the war on terror taking place in iraq, tapper provides a harrowing testimony of american military presence in a remote part of afghanistan from 2006 through 2009. Tapper veers into dan brown territory with the secretive club for which the book is named. Attempting to shake us out of our apathy, jake tapper has written the outpost, a book that in its depth and detail performs a public service by giving due to troops whose stories wont receive screen time at multiplexes this winter. The outpost is an upcoming war drama film directed by rod lurie, based on a 2012 nonfiction book, the outpost. This book is wellresearched, wellwritten, and accurate. A runaway bestseller, it makes a savage war real, and american courage manifest. The outpost by jake tapper book cover, description, publication history. An untold story of american valor, and the hellfire club, and more on. With orlando bloom, scott eastwood, jacob scipio, caleb landry jones. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the outpost.
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