Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have purchased the film rights to HORSE SOLDIERS, an upcoming novel by Doug Stanton about special forces invading Afghanistan post-9/11 on horseback, per VARIETY.
Bruckheimer is set to produce. The CIA operatives and special forces help Afghan soldiers capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and exterminate the Taliban in the area.
The book is set to come out in May. Stanton's previous novel IN HARM'S WAY, about the sinking of USS INDIANAPOLIS during WWII was set up at Warner Bros. at one point.
