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Jaume Collet-Serra to direct ‘Waco’ movie, based on 1993 true events

The Orphan and The Shallows director Jaume Collet-Serra is set to direct the planned film based on the true events of Waco in the early 1990s.

Deadline reports that the feature, from Annapurna and screenwriter Mark Boal, is based on the 1993 standoff between the FBI and Texas state law enforcement and the David Koresh-led Branch Davidians that turned the sleepy town of Elk, just outside of Waco, into a battle zone. A 51-day standoff ended with 76 people dead as the cult’s compound was engulfed by a raging fire.

Shooting on the film is set to start later this year with casting kicking off very soon.

Collet-Serra has The Commuter up next, an action vehicle starring Liam Neeson, re-teaming the director with the Taken star following their hit Non-Stop a few years back.

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