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The network has hired Blood Diamond screenwriter Charles Leavitt to adapt the upcoming Harper Collins book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, according to Variety.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime is a behind-the-scenes look at the political players and their camps.
The writers said that they decided to concentrate on the larger-than-life aspects the candidates brought to the race for the White House.
"Focusing on those characters went to the essence of why this was the campaign of a lifetime, not just for the candidates, but for the country," Halperin said.
The book will be released next year and its authors will act as consultants on the movie.
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