Michael Bay to direct drama about killing of US ambassador in Benghazi

Transformers director to take on adaptation of Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, which tells of the killing of four men on 11 September 2012

With the Transformers movies, the Bad Boys films and Armageddon on his list of directorial credits, Michael Bays reputation has not been one founded on diplomatic nuance. But the US director will hope to show off a hitherto unheralded knack for subtle political drama after entering talks to direct a new film about the fatal 2012 terror attacks on a US compound in Libya.



13 Hours is titled after Mitchell Zuckoffs book Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, which details the assault by local insurgents on 11 Sept, 2012, the anniversary of 9/11. The initial attack left US ambassador J Christopher Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith dead, with a second assault on a separate CIA compound one mile away later killing two CIA contractors, Tyrone S Woods and Glen Doherty.

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