We might be getting a double dose of the “Green Zone” in 2010. We have the actioner film by Paul Greengrass coming out in early 2010, and then we should see Ken Loach staking out this region in war-torn Baghdad with DP Chris Menges by his side. The film will see the debuts of Mark Womack and Andrea Lowe and supporting help from John Bishop, Trevor Williams and Talib Hamafraj.
Scripted by Paul Laverty, Route Irish is set on the most dangerous stretch of road in Baghdad where a British mercenary soldier is killed under mysterious circumstances. The story of two men who work as private security contractors in Iraq who risk their lives in a city awash with violence and greed. When Frankie is killed on “Route Irish” — the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone — Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official explanation and determines to investigate the truth of his friend’s death.
