Hollywood
star
Angelina
Jolie
is
set
to
direct
a
biopic
about
legendary
war
photographer
Don
McCullin.
Titled
Unreasonable
Behaviour,
the
film
is
based
on
the
British
photographer's
bestselling
autobiography
of
the
same
name.
According
to
The
Guardian,
the
project
is
being
produced
by
Tom
Hardy
and
Dean
Baker
under
their
Hardy
Son
&
Baker
banner
alongside
Working
Title
Films'
Tim
Bevan
and
Eric
Fellner.
McCullin
and
Mark
George
are
executive
producing.
BAFTA-nominated
screenwriter
Gregory
Burke
is
penning
the
screenplay.
"I
am
humbled
to
have
a
chance
to
bring
Don
McCullin's
life
to
film.
I
was
drawn
to
his
unique
combination
of
fearlessness
and
humanity
his
absolute
commitment
to
witnessing
the
truth
of
war,
and
his
empathy
and
respect
for
those
who
suffer
its
consequences."
"We
hope
to
make
a
film
that
is
as
uncompromising
as
Don's
photography,
about
the
extraordinary
people
and
events
he
witnessed,
and
the
rise
and
fall
of
a
unique
era
in
journalism," Jolie
said.
McCullin,
whose
six-decade-long
career
spans
world-renowned
coverage
of
the
Vietnam
War,
said
Jolie's
work
on
Loung
Ung's
memoir
"First
They
Killed
My
Father"
--about
the
genocidal
Khmer
Rouge
regime
in
1970s
Cambodia
--
convinced
him
that
his
life
story
was
in
"safe
and
capable"
hands.
Having
viewed
Angelina's
last
film
on
Cambodia
(and
having
spent
so
much
time
during
the
war
there)
I
was
very
impressed
at
how
she
made
such
a
powerful
and
accurate
representation
of
the
place
at
that
time.
I
feel
as
if
I
am
in
safe,
capable
and
professional
hands
with
her,"
he
said.
Unreasonable
Behaviour
is
Jolie's
fifth
scripted
feature
as
a
director,
following
In
the
Land
of
Blood
and
Honey
(2011),
Unbroken
(2014),
By
the
Sea
(2015),
First
They
Killed
My
Father
(2017).