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Stroud was the notorious Birdman of Alcatraz. And veteran Vanity Fair witer Ned Zeman is slated to write the
script of the Warner Bros. project.
The film is going to examine the relationship between
the Birdman and his shrink, who spent two years with
him on the island, and in the process, nearly lost
his own sanity.
Burt Lancaster received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the avian-loving criminal in 1963's 'The Birdman of Alcatraz'. However, according to Zeman's research, the true story was not of a killer reformed through his love of birds but of a dangerous sociopath who used his pets as a ruse to gain sympathy and trust.
Zeman is also working with Revolution Studios and Bruce Willis on a picture based on Zeman's VF article about a woman's decade-long quest to pin a murder on Robert Durst, an heir to a Gotham real estate empire. He is writing that script with Daniel Bernstein.
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