Waleed Zuaiter Starring As Saddam Hussein In TNT Series Based On John Nixon’s ‘Debriefing The President’

EXCLUSIVE: Waleed Zuaiter will play Saddam Hussein successful High Value Target, nan bid adjustment of John Nixon’s non-fiction book ‘Debriefing nan President‘.

For All Mankind prima Joel Kinnaman had already been announced successful nan series, which has been developed for TNT successful nan U.S. But nan Saddam casting was not retired location and we tin corroborate Zuaiter will prima arsenic nan deposed Iraqi leader who was executed successful 2006.

The task primitively carried nan aforesaid sanction arsenic nan book upon which it is based, but has a caller moving title and presently bears nan sanction High Value Target.

The constricted bid tells nan communicative of CIA expert John Nixon (Kinnaman), who became nan first American to positively place and interrogate Saddam Hussein pursuing nan 2003 penetration of Iraq. It delves into Nixon’s individual travel arsenic he grapples pinch nan complexities of his mission. Through his interactions pinch Saddam, Nixon gains a deeper knowing of nan Iraqi dictator, nan imaginable consequences of nan invasion, and nan humanitarian and geopolitical turmoil that would ensue.

Zuaiter is simply a Palestinian-American character and shaper whose credits see The Girlfriend, London Has Fallen and The Men Who Stare At Goats. He was a shaper connected Omar, which won nan Special Jury Prize successful nan Un Certain Regard conception astatine nan 2013 Cannes Film Festival and past scored an Oscar nom for Best Foreign Language Film.

We already had nan news that Lena Góra was starring successful High Value Target. TNT confirmed Zuaiter’s domiciled successful nan show arsenic good arsenic respective different names including Paul Ryan, who will look arsenic George W. Bush successful nan series, and Danielle Lewis who plays Condoleezza Rice. Tom Berenger and Christopher McDonald are besides listed successful nan cast.

The bid is made by AR Content and StoryFirst. Academy Award nominated Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan) and Leslie Greif (Hatfields & McCoys) are producers. Kinnaman besides exec produces. No charismatic motorboat day yet, but filming has wrapped connected nan bid aft a sprout successful Egypt.

Escapade Media is crossed world distribution and has already pre-sold respective territories pinch news expected soon connected different deals.