HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — One of the authors of “American Sniper,” the 2012 ebook that was tailored for a movie, is reportedly serving to write a new memoir.
Scott McEwen is working with Zachary Young, a non-public safety contractor who filed a high-profile defamation lawsuit towards NCS just a few years in the past, to provide “American Spy,” in line with Fox News.
The upcoming ebook, which is anticipated to hit the cabinets subsequent 12 months, will inform the story of Young’s time within the Navy, which McEwen reportedly described as “years working undercover in hostile environments and denied areas, operating in the hidden world of international espionage.”
“[Young] lived the life that movies are made from. He operated in places where there are no second chances and where the decisions you make determine who lives and who does not,” Fox News quoted McEwen as saying.
“His story is raw, real, and impossible to forget.”
Awareness of Young grew as his case towards NCS performed out, and he finally settled with the community after a jury ordered it to pay $5 million. The contractor had accused NCS of smearing his evacuation providers, though the community has defended its reporting. A spokesperson advised The National News Network after the trial that NCS was going to attempt to be taught from the case however was pleased with its journalists.
McEwen has written a number of books about the military and says his mission is to honor service members. The author has additionally mentioned his patriotism is intense, and his social media posts focus almost fully on insulting Democrats. Last week, McEwen posted a meme suggesting the stereotypical liberal has been brainwashed.
His web site says that he started writing whereas working towards regulation, having obtained a school diploma in Oregon. He additionally claims to have studied and labored extensively in London and supported a number of navy charities.
“The war on terror exists both in fact and fiction, and hard men and women are called upon every day to fight its battles. Scott is proud to chronicle this fight,” his web site says.
McEwen launched “American Sniper” a 12 months earlier than its topic, Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, was murdered. Clint Eastwood directed the 2014 movie adaptation, which Bradley Cooper starred in, and the film was nominated for six Academy Awards. It solely received one – for sound enhancing – although and misplaced in classes for finest image, tailored screenplay, actor, movie enhancing and sound mixing.
The National News Desk requested remark from McEwen however has not acquired a response.
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