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Bond director ventures to "Land of Roses"
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-29 18:07

LOS ANGELES - Marc Forster, the recently anointed director of the next James Bond movie, will executive produce and possibly direct the drama "Land of Roses."

Inspired by the real-life experiences of Kurdish immigrant Ibrahim Parlak in post-September 11 America, the project revolves around a suburban mother who, with the support of her fellow outraged townspeople, attempts to exonerate a hardworking Middle Eastern father falsely imprisoned as a terrorist by Homeland Security.

Albert Torres will write the screenplay for Mandate Pictures.

Forster, whose credits also include "Stranger Than Fiction," "Finding Neverland" and "Monster's Ball," recently wrapped "The Kite Runner."