Movie News for
Beast of Bataan
Release Date:
TBA
2006
Limited release
November 5, 2007
Christensen is a Beast
Hayden Christensen will star in Beast of Bataan, a film based on the novel A Trial of Generals, by Lawrence Taylor. The movie follows the war crimes trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma at the end of World War II. He was the Japanese general in charge of the Bataan death march that American and Filipino soldiers were forced to undergo in 1942. Mark Jean and Chris Carlson wrote the screenplay, and Paul Verhoeven will direct.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 5, 2005
Verhoeven goes to Bataan
Paul Verhoeven will direct Beast of Bataan, a movie based on the book A Trial of Generals, by Lawrence Taylor. The movie follows the war crimes trial of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma at the end of World War II. He was the Japanese general in charge of the Bataan death march that American and Filipino soldiers were forced to undergo in 1942. The screenplay was written by Mark Jean.
Source: Variety
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