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Moxie Pictures is teaming with Killer Pictures to develop a feature from "The Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba and Herbert Matthews of the New York Times."

Written by NYT correspondent Anthony DePalma, the book examines how Matthews' mythmaking profiles of Castro set the stage for his rise to power.

Matthews, one of the top foreign correspondents of his era, was smuggled into the jungles of the Sierra Maestra Mountains to get the first detailed interview with Castro. That and other glowing articles impacted American perception before the fall of the Batista regime and Castro's takeover of the Cuban government.

Book was optioned by Moxie Pictures, which has produced commercials with directors Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes and Todd Phillips.

Moxie's Dan Levinson and Killer's Christine Vachon will have exclusive access to the book's author, considered an expert on Castro and the Cuban Revolution. They will set a screenwriter shortly.