FX, Stephen Gaghan to Develop New 6-Part Vietnam Miniseries

FX is heading to Vietnam.

According to Deadline, the cable network and Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan are set to adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss' book THEY MARCHED INTO SUNLIGHT into a six-part miniseries. Eric Simonson, documentarian and playwright, will pen the script.

THEY MARCHED INTO THE SUNLIGHT is officially described as:

"Here is the Epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. They Marched Into Sunlight brings that tumultuous time back to life while exploring questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth, issues as relevant today as they were decades ago.

In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds: the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate."

The event series comes from FOX 21 and FX Productions, with Maraniss and Simonson set to executive produce.

For the original announcement, head on over to Deadline.

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