canthidium@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoNicolas Cage’s ‘Lord of War’ Sequel to Shoot in Morocco in 2024 With Top Line Producer Karim Debbagh (EXCLUSIVE)variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down14
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minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoWait… Does Lord of War even need a sequel? Wasn’t it based on some real life guy?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoNo, and yes.
minus-squareRanvier@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoYes. This guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout A US sting operation in cooperation with Thailand and Interpol caught him in 2008. He was eventually extradited and convicted in the US. In 2022 he was traded back to Russia in exchange for Brittney Griner.
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoTo be fair some new stuff has happened in the life of the guy the movie was about.
Wait… Does Lord of War even need a sequel? Wasn’t it based on some real life guy?
No, and yes.
Yes. This guy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout
A US sting operation in cooperation with Thailand and Interpol caught him in 2008. He was eventually extradited and convicted in the US. In 2022 he was traded back to Russia in exchange for Brittney Griner.
To be fair some new stuff has happened in the life of the guy the movie was about.