Los Angeles, Aug. 21 -- Ed Zwick, the Oscar winner filmmaker, will direct, write and produce with creative partner Marshall Herskovitz a new feature adaptation of the 2009 Boston Teran novel, 'The Creed of Violence', for High Top Productions, the banner owned by Creed of Violence publisher High Top Publishing.
The novel is a revisionist Western set amid the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution. Per High Top, it follows "the unlikely partnership between a ruthless assassin and a young government agent - who share a hidden past - as they navigate a violent, treacherous landscape that mirrors the brutalities of empire and corruption."
The book has garnered Hollywood attention before, with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Daniel ...