Spielberg's Olympic kidnap drama filming
26/07/2005 - 14:19:04Munich will be the title of the film from director Steven Spielberg about the kidnap and murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.
The dramatisation will tell the story of the Israeli agents sent to Munich to assassinate the Palestinian activists holding their countrymen hostage. Troy star Eric Bana plays the agent in charge of the rescue mission, alongside Geoffrey Rush and Daniel Craig.
Filming is taking place in the US, Malta, Hungary and Poland and the film is scheduled to be released in the US on December 23.
Munich will mark Spielberg's second film of 2005, following sci-fi blockbuster War Of The Worlds, which took more than $215m (€179.1m) at box offices around the world in its first six days.
