Merrick here...
Michael Mann is developing a movie about war photographer Robert Capa, which screenwriter Jez Butterworth (THE LAST LEGION) will adapt from a novel by Susana Fortes.
The studio has acquired “Waiting for Robert Capa,” a Spanish language novel by Susana Fortes, and set Jez Butterworth to adapt it.
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The story begins in Paris in 1935, where Capa, a refugee from Fascist Hungary, met Taro, a refugee from Nazi Germany, met with the intention to become photographers. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War one year later began Capa’s emergence as the most renowned war photographer ever, and established Taro as the first frontline female battle photographer. She was killed in the battle of Brunete in 1937.
...says Variety HERE.
I was a photo major in college for a while (ultimately shifted to a different field) - Capa's work was an enormous inspiration. I don't know much about him personally (although I guess I'm about to find out), but his images left indelible impressions on me...
