Only days after the premier of his film War of the Worlds, the well-known filmmaker began working on this project. The film will tell the true story of the assasination of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists.
Australian actor Eric Bana (The Hulk, Troy) will play an Israeli Secret Service agent in charge of a counter-strike against the terrorists.
Spielberg said: "The attack at Munich by Black September and the Israeli response to it was a defining moment in the modern history of the Middle East."