Scott Rudin options counter terrorism film for Jesse Eisenberg to star

Scott Rudin has just optioned "The Terrorist Search Engine," to adapt as a starring vehicle for Jesse Eisenberg. The project is based on a recent New York Magazine profile of controversial counter terrorism expert witness Evan Kohlmann.

Wesley Yang, wrote the story, which details "how the downy-cheeked-but-web-savvy Kohlmann — dubbed “the Doogie Howser of Terrorism” by an FBI agent when he was just 23 — has helped convict 23 defendants in federal courts and Guantánamo Bay tribunals with his expert witness testimony. Now 31, Kohlmann is a controversial figure who has made testifying at such trials his principal source of income and earned a reputation in some circles as "working in the 'guilty-verdict industry.'" 

Yang made the following statement about the project, “As I was reporting it it, I felt like it was a very cinematic story." Search Engine is set up at Sony's Columbia Picture, where Rudin had The Social Network. Vulture says that Eisenberg will make a decision about his involvement after reading a script. 

I have complete faith in Rudin putting together a great script that will attract Eisenberg. This story sounds like it is the perfect candidate to be made into a feature film. What are your thoughts on this news?