Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer set to make ‘Killing Rommel’

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer have picked up the screen rights for Steven Pressfield’s novel "Killing Rommel" – which follows a British battalion’s attempt to stop German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s desert campaign. The book was published in the spring by Doubleday. Jerry Bruckheimer - 30th Annual People's Choice Awards - Arrivals - Pasadena Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA © Scott Alan / Photorazzi

Jerry Bruckheimer - 30th Annual People's Choice Awards - Arrivals - Pasadena Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA © Scott Alan / PhotorazziVariety reports Randall Wallace is set to write the script with Pressfield, and Bruckheimer will handle producing duties on the film."Killing Rommel" follows the British Long Range Desert Group and its attempt to put an end to Rommel’s North African campaign. The legendary Desert Fox troubled the British in the North African desert in 1942 and threatened to take the Middle East with his brilliant battlefield planning and Panzer tanks.Wallace knows how to handle the subject thanks to writing chores on "Braveheart" and "Pearl Harbor." He also adapted and directed the Vietnam War drama "We Were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson in the lead role.

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