Guantánamo

Oliver Stone to direct Guantánamo Bay TV series

Associated Press
A detainee stands in the common area of the cell block on Saturday morning, Feb. 11, 2017 at Camp Six at Guantánamo’s Detention Center Zone. The military approved release of this photo.
A detainee stands in the common area of the cell block on Saturday morning, Feb. 11, 2017 at Camp Six at Guantánamo’s Detention Center Zone. The military approved release of this photo. EMILY MICHOT emichot@miamiherald.com
CANNES, France

Oliver Stone has agreed to direct his first scripted project for television, a TV series about the Guantánamo Bay detention center.

Weinstein Television announced Monday at the Cannes Film Festival that it has acquired “Guantánamo,” a series that plans to peer into “the darkest corners” of the detention center established to house suspected terrorists.

Stone plans to direct the entire first season of the show, which was created by Daniel Voll.

Weinstein TV says the series will follow the lives of detainees, soldiers, judges, lawyers, journalists and others at Guantánamo Bay.

The detention camp currently houses 41 war-on-terror detainees.

MORE: “Guantánamo’s oldest ‘forever prisoner’ loses parole board do-over”

This story was originally published May 22, 2017 at 3:15 PM with the headline "Oliver Stone to direct Guantánamo Bay TV series."

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