Zaillian To Prepare Return Of Superfly

[Monday, April 2nd, 2001]
Hannibal scribe, Steven Zaillian, has signed up to write the script for 'The Return Of Superfly'. Zaillian won an Oscar for his work on the script of 'Schindler's List'.

The movie tells the true story of the rise and fall of heroin dealer Frank Lucas. He made his fortune shipping heroin to the US in the coffins of soldiers killed in the Vietnam war.

The dealer was eventually caught, but helped authorities to expose corrupt police officers and foreign nationals who had helped make heroin smuggling so easy, Popcorn reports.

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