On February 10 , 2014 , it was announced that Paramount Pictures was in talks with 3 Arts Entertainment to acquire the film rights to the book '' 13 Hours '' , written by Mitchell Zuckoff , with Erwin Stoff to produce . Chuck Hogan was set to adapt the book , based on the true events of the Benghazi attack by militants on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi , Libya , on the evening of September 11 , 2012 . The film would focus on six members of a security team that fought to defend the Americans stationed there . On October 29 , 2014 , Michael Bay was set to direct and produce the thriller
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi