Mann Will Wait for Robert Capa

Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to the novel Waiting for Robert Capa, written by Susana Fortes, to be adapted by screenwriter Jez Butterworth (The Last Legion) and directed by Michael Mann (Public Enemies, Heat, Collateral).

The film will tell the story of Robert Capa, a war photographer who was romantically linked with Jewish German war photographer Gerda Taro during the Spanish Civil War. The two photographers revolutionized front line journalism, and Taro was eventually killed during the Battle of Brunete.

Mann will also produce the film under his Forward Pass label.

Let’s hope the director finds a more effective way of marrying the period piece subject material of the film to his digital shooting style — while Public Enemies certainly had its fans, many found the look of the film to be underwhelming or muddy.