
Jeremy Renner is set to star in a new CIA thriller called Kill The Messenger. The movie is actually based on the tragic true story of a journalist named Gary Webb, "a San Jose Mercury News reporter who committed suicide after being the target of a smear campaign when he linked the CIA to a scheme to arm Contra rebels in Nicaragua and import cocaine into California." The movie is being directed by Michael Cuesta (Homeland Series), from a script written by Peter Landesman.