The team of Shusett and Chadwell to write Blackwater USA script
By John Chadwell
While Ron Shusett and I wait for “Hunt of the Sea Wolves” to find a home, good fortune has smiled on us and we’ve been hired to write another script, “Blackwater USA” for Shoreline Motion Pictures.
Depending on your politics, Blackwater Worldwide is either one unethical bunch of mercenaries or some highly dedicated Special Forces types who are being paid very well for doing basicially the same job they may have been doing a few months before as a Marine Recon, Navy SEAL, Army Ranger or police S.W.A.T.
Having served in the Navy and met a number of SEALs, I tend to believe in these professionals. Blackwater, as a company, is open to debate, but the reputations of the men who are putting their lives on the line every day in Iraq and elsewhere protecting politicians and companies are not, in my opinion.
There have been some bad incidents and innocent people have died and some Blackwater contractors are apparently at fault. Blackwater has powerful political friends and enemies. Ron and I are approaching this script has evenhanded as possible. It will be the story of honorable men who find themselves in an unhonorable war.
There is not a lot to say about the project at this time, so stay tunned.