Matterhorn Movie Updates

Sat., Nov. 10, 2012

from Variety

Thunder Road Scaling Vietnam War Pic 'Matterhorn'

Thunder Road Pictures is gearing up to scale Matterhorn, developing the feature based on Karl Marlantes' Vietnam War novel and setting it up with Matt Cook to write and direct.

• added Basil Iwanyk as Producer to the credits
• added Thunder Road Pictures as a production company
• added a synopsis

• Set in 1969, a young Marine lieutenant and his comrades in Bravo Company are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutr... show all ition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever.

• added war as genre
• added Matt Cook as Director to the credits
• created the movie profile