‘Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper’ movie in the works
Jun 14, 2012, 3:54 PM | Updated: Jun 15, 2012, 8:11 am
The book "Skyjack" is now headed for big screen-treatment, with director of "Friends With Benefits" and "Easy A," Will Gluck, at the helm. (Sketches courtesy the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
(Sketches courtesy the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
The hijacker, dubbed “D.B. Cooper,” has remained a mystery in the 40 years since he jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 flight with $200,000 in ransom.
Author Geoffery Grey researched the D.B. Cooper mystery, and looked into the FBI’s tips and leads that in the end, have gone nowhere.
Grey then penned the novel, “Skyjack: The Hunt for D.B. Cooper.”
The book is now headed for big screen-treatment, with director of “Friends With Benefits” and “Easy A,” Will Gluck, at the helm.
Federal investigators have checked more than 1,000 leads since the suspect bailed out on Nov. 24, 1971, over the Pacific Northwest. The man who jumped gave his name as Dan Cooper and claimed shortly after takeoff in Portland, Ore., that he had a bomb, leading the flight crew to land the plane in Seattle, where passengers were exchanged for parachutes and ransom money.
The flight then took off for Mexico with the suspect and flight crew on board before the man parachuted from the plane.
The film will use the perspectives of three different suspects who all claimed to be Cooper and is billed as an “action comedy.”
This isn’t the first film about the unsolved FBI case. “The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper” was released in 1981 and stars Robert Duvall and Treat Williams.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
