Then, with the horrific killing by Somali pirates of four Americans, two of whom had built their dream yacht and were sailing around the world (“And now on to: Angkor Wat! And Burma!” they had written to friends), the United States Navy, Special Operation Forces, FBI, Justice Department, and the world’s military forces were put on notice: the Somali seas were now the most perilous in the world.
The capture of the American-crewed cargo ship Maersk Alabama in April 2009, the first United States ship to be hijacked in almost two centuries, catapulted the Somali pirates onto prime-time news. The recent bands of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. Somalia is a place where a government has been built out of anarchy.įor centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. Getting there from North America is a forty-five-hour, five-flight voyage through Frankfurt, Dubai, Djibouti, Bossaso (on the Gulf of Aden), and, finally, Galkayo. Caught up in a decades-long civil war, Somalia, along with Iraq and Afghanistan, has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Its history is as rich as the country is old. THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA - Official Trailer - Greenband from Crystal Sky Entertainment on Vimeo.Somalia, on the tip of the Horn of Africa, has been inhabited as far back as 9,000 BC.
After aligning himself with a local (Barkhad Abdi) he attempts to embed himself with the volatile local Somali pirates, immediately he is in way over his head! The film is based on Jay Bahadur's (Evan Peters) experiences in Somalia while a rookie journalist looking for the story of a lifetime, his big break. The film is staring Evan Peters ("American Horror Story" "X-Men" and "Kick-Ass") Peters' will be tackling the part of Jay Bahadur, joining him on the film are Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi ( "Captain Phillips"), Melanie Griffith also a nominee for an Oscar previously, and the forever bad ass and Oscar winner Al Pacino will be playing the role of old school journalist Seymour Tolbin. Received a trailer premiere today for "The Pirates of Somalia" and boy, does it look like its gonna be an intense ride! The film is written and directed by Oscar Nominee Bryan Buckley ("Asad") and is based on the New York Times bestselling book "The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World" by Jay Bahadur.
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