Andrew Garfield to Produce and Star in Black Lion

Andrew Garfield has landed a new role! The actor is set to produce and star in the new film, Black Lion.

Deadline is reporting, “Black Lion is a drama that Alessandro Camon will write about the memorable life and controversial death of war correspondent Carlos Mavroleon.”

The site goes on to say, “The story will be framed by Mavroleon’s final assignment for 60 Minutes, where he was tasked with sneaking into Afghan tribal territories immediately after President Clinton’s 1998 missile strikes against Bin Laden’s camps, aimed at the perpetrators who bombed the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

Mavroelon was one of the first journalists to discover the link between Pakistan and the Al Qaida/Taliban axis. He was subsequently found dead in a Peshawar motel room days later under mysterious circumstances.”

No word on when production will begin, but if we hear anything we will let you know.