Warner Bros., plans to make the film and purchased the rights for Plan B Prods., the production company headed by Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and producer Brad Grey. 

The 38-year-old journalist was kidnapped in Karachi last January while he was on assignment investigating the Al Qaeda terrorist network. His capturers released a brutal videotape of his murder a few weeks later. At least one terrorist has been sentenced to death for his role in the kidnapping / murder.  .