72 Prods. sets 'Horseback' feature

Chaiken, Dungan acquire rights to memoir

By TATIANA SIEGEL

'The Devil Came on Horseback'

Jen Chaiken ("My Flesh and Blood") and Sebastian Dungan ("Transamerica") of 72 Prods. have acquired the rights and will produce a feature film adaptation of "The Devil Came on Horseback," a memoir by former U.S. Marine Capt. Brian Steidle.

Story centers on Steidle, who was assigned to be an official observer in Sudan and who traded his gun for a camera and risked his life bringing back the first images of the atrocities taking place in Darfur. Gretchen Steidle Wallace co-wrote the book.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Freed will adapt "Horseback."

A documentary about Steidle's experiences, directed by Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival.