![]() Warrick was repped in the deal by the Ross Yoon Agency and Hotchkiss & Associates. Phillips also is repped by attorney Warren Dern. HBO has put in development a miniseries being developed. The company’s first movie release, War Dogs, comes out August 19.Ĭooper and Phillips are repped by CAA. EXCLUSIVE: Black Flags: The Rise Of ISIS, the 2016 Pulitzer-winning nonfiction book by Joby Warrick, is headed to the small screen. The duo pitched the idea for the mini and discussed collaborating on the project.īlack Flags could not be more timely as the threat of ISIS continues to grow with deadly attacks across multiple continents, including a string of tragedies in the heart of Europe.Ĭooper and Phillips merged their Warner Bros.-based production companies into what became Joint Effort in 2014. ![]() He and Phillips then traveled to Warrick’s hometown to meet with him. ![]() ![]() The book tracks the group’s unlikely roots and transformation into the world’s most feared terrorist organization - as well as the small band of American and international agents tasked with shutting it down.Īfter reading Black Flags, Cooper immediately envisioned it as a limited series and sought out Warrick. Black Flags tells the story of the rise of ISIS, from its origins in a remote Jordanian prison to its stunning success in Syria. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS By Joby Warrick In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. ![]()
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