Days after U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, Blumhouse Television and military media brand We Are The Mighty are unveiling plans to produce Searching for Bergdahl, a documentary about the soldiers involved in the nearly five-year (1,797 day) search for the…

Journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal has settled his First Amendment lawsuit against the U.S. government in a case that challenged the right of reporters to protect confidential sources before military tribunals. The case stems from the Army's threat to subpoena Boal's unaired taped interviews with Sgt…

The battle continues between Mark Boal and the U.S. Army, which has threatened to subpoena the Oscar-winning screenwriter's taped interviews with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is being court martialed for desertion. Boal's attorney, Jean-Paul Jassy, said in a brief filed today that the defendants "cite no other case in…

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a motion in opposition to Mark Boal's lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order that would prevent the Oscar-winning screenwriter from having to turn over to a military court taped interviews he conducted with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who faces an Army court martial for…

News organizations from across the country have signed an Amicus Brief in support of Mark Boal's refusal to hand over to military prosecutors his taped interviews with accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl. The Oscar-winning screenwriter filed suit last week against President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Ashton…

Journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal has told a federal judge that he would suffer "irreparable injury" to his career and reputation if he is forced to turn over confidential information he obtained during 25 hours of taped interviews with accused Army deserter Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. On Wednesday, under…

Journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal has filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Army prosecutor Maj. Justin Oshana in response to the government's threat to subpoena Boal's taped interviews with accused Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and held…

Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal have changed course. They were going to next make a movie on Bowe Bergdahl, and they participated on bringing to light the story of the Army sergeant captured and held by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan, on Serial, the Peabody Award-winning podcast that spun off from This…

The second season of Serial is off to an auspicious start. The only podcast to win a Peabody Award scored the first interview with former Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who left his base in Afghanistan in 2009, was captured by the Taliban and has been silent publicly since being released as part of a controversial prisoner…

Serial, the Peabody Award-winning podcast that spun off from This American Life and became a viral sensation, has found its second season subject. They will focus on the mystery behind Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant captured by the Taliban and held prisoner for five years after inexplicably leaving his base in…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business.  FLEMING: We both questioned if Best Picture films would have lingering impact. American Sniper showed Lone Survivor was no fluke…

UPDATE, 1:24 PM PT: Looks like there might be competing feature projects about recently freed POW Bowe Bergdahl. Just after breaking a story that Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal are working on a film about the Army private who left his base in Afghanistan and was captured, Deadline has learned that Fox Searchlight has…