George Clooney has purchased the rights to�Jonathan Mahler‘s legal thriller�The Challenge.�

The film is about the long campaign waged by U.S. Navy lawyer�Charles Swift�and Georgetown law professor Neal Katyal to ensure a fair trial for Salim Hamdan, the bodyguard and driver of Osama bin Laden.

Project will be developed through Clooney and�Grant Heslov‘s Smoke House shingle. Deal is believed to be in the low-seven-figure range.

As with any Smoke House project, “The Challenge” remains a potential directing, writing and starring vehicle for Clooney.

A spokesman for Clooney confirmed that no decision had been made yet on what exact role Clooney would take on the project, although some are already speculating that the role of idealistic lawyer Swift may prove a fit for the thesp.

Sounds like a good one, controversial subject matter.�George Clooney�is great as the lawyer character, he proved that in�Michael Clayton. I hope he takes that �role and picks somebody else to direct.�

Source: Variety

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