Hollywood's view of Iraq coming to screen near you

Some of Hollywood's biggest names are already working on or signed on to films centered on the Iraq war.

Tom Cruise has optioned the rights to -- and is considering starring in -- "The Fall of the Warrior King," a drama based on a New York Times story about a disgraced Army commander in Iraq. Ridley Scott will produce "The Invisible World," about a kidnapped female journalist.

And Kimberly Peirce, who directed the dark "Boys Don't Cry," will helm "Stop-Loss," which reportedly follows a soldier who doesn't want to go back to serve in Baghdad.

Meanwhile, the Daily News says, "Crash" screenwriter Paul Haggis has just finished the script for "Death and Dishonor," about a father searching for a son who has gone AWOL on the way home from Iraq.

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But, the reality is the US public isn't going to go to a film based on a woman being held in a cage for months or a film about a AWOL Marine or a disgraced Army officer.

The last thing people want to hear about in a movie during a war that drags on this is about the war in question. And, they certainly don't want this ripped from the headlines stuff.