Live from Abbottabad: Lorne Michaels to produce film about the Navy SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden
Well, this is definitely one way to diversify a portfolio: Universal Pictures and Lorne Michaels’s Broadway Video have bought the feature rights to The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden And My Years As A SEAL Team Warrior. Per Deadline, the film will be based on the memoir of former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, who, as the title subtly hints, fired the shots that killed Osama Bin Laden. The script will be penned by Michael Russell Gunn, the supervising producer of Showtime’s Billions. Michaels will produce, as he is often want to do, and O’Neill himself will executive produce.