Nicolas Cage is set to star as a police officer in the one of the first Hollywood films about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to Paramount Pictures.

Oliver Stone will direct the untitled movie, which will tell the tale of Sgt. John McLoughlin and William Jimeno, the last two men to be pulled out of the rubble of the World Trade Center.

The two Port Authority officers sold their life rights to Paramount, providing the basis for the original screenplay by Andrea Berloff.

Cage, who once won an Academy Award for his role in Leaving Las Vegas, will play McLoughlin. No other casting decisions have been made at this time.

Paramount apparently gave producers the green light to begin work on the film in the hopes of getting a leg up on another 9/11 film in development at rival Columbia Pictures.






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