Deadline reports Samuel Goldwyn Films is developing The Surge TV series with Michael S. Emerson and Colonel F. Lee Reynolds producing. The potential new TV show is based on the non-fiction book Battle for Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out, by Robert S. Colella.Deadline says, "Colella was part of Cavalry Company, and the book is a firsthand account about how it defeated Al-Qaeda in the final battle of the surge in 2007. A search is underway for a writer to adapt the book and develop the project." Peter Goldwyn, Ben Feingold, and Melanie Miller are executive producing.Read More…...
- 8/5/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The company is partnering with producers Michael S. Emerson and Colonel F. Lee Reynolds to adapt the book Battle For Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out by retired First Sergeant Robert S. Colella.
The book chronicles Colella’s personal account of the 2007 Iraq Surge and how a Cavalry Company defeated Al Qaeda in the final battle of the campaign.
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Michael S. Emerson Productions are out to a writer to adapt the book and develop the series, which will combine elements of the ground forces and Apache attack helicopter missions.
Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Peter Goldwyn, Ben Feingold and Melanie Miller of Samuel Goldwyn Films serve as executive producers.
The book chronicles Colella’s personal account of the 2007 Iraq Surge and how a Cavalry Company defeated Al Qaeda in the final battle of the campaign.
Samuel Goldwyn Films and Michael S. Emerson Productions are out to a writer to adapt the book and develop the series, which will combine elements of the ground forces and Apache attack helicopter missions.
Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Peter Goldwyn, Ben Feingold and Melanie Miller of Samuel Goldwyn Films serve as executive producers.
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Samuel Goldwyn Films has joined with producers Michael S. Emerson and Col. F. Lee Reynolds to develop The Surge, a potential TV series based on retired First Sgt. Robert Colella’s 2012 book Battle for Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out. Colella was part of Cavalry Company, and the book is a firsthand account about how it defeated Al-Qaeda in the final battle of the surge in 2007. A search is underway for a writer to adapt the book and develop the project. The producers have…...
- 8/3/2016
- Deadline TV
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