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    Actor obtains rights to real life crime thriller story

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I -- these touching story you've.

Heard before right here on FOX & Friends in the spy thriller a time to betray.

Author Reza Khalili.

The details his life is double agent in Iran's revolutionary guard but the same time working undercover.

For the city -- the courageous count -- -- to become a television movie.

Actor Billy Bulger has acquired the rights is going to be producing it -- -- life story enjoy about will be on the big screen shortly and you join a right now no Billy.

Welcome back to the -- -- -- and this -- a perilous journey of a guy that was witnessing the revolution it ended the rise of culminating.

And this revolution changed on the -- and he acted.

Yeah I know he was one of those it was it you know if you will the right place the right time is growing up the young man in Tehran in the early sixties and early seventy's -- a way to attend university.

In the in the United States in the -- in them in the mid 1970s he comes back at the end of you know and getting his degree.

In the book it's in the USC.

You know his name is Reza -- that's not his real name he was educated the United States whether or not it was at USC or not I'm not a 100% sure.

But he comes back during the fall of the -- and the rise of the Ayatollah.

And he becomes a member of the elite Republican guard in the intelligence division.

Realizes that there's so much like today with the Arab Spring this of the sweeping tide of anti corruption sentiment about the -- brings in the Ayatollah they all think -- the answer.

It's gonna bring modernization freedom -- is -- nation more -- more culture more freedom right.

Within a year they realize that that's not the case they realize that the Ayatollah last ago.

He under false pretense goes back to the United States to put his -- in -- you.

Into hospice.

And the real reason -- came back was to have his first contact with the CIA became an operative for the CIA for -- And you might say that he knows more about Iran and was able to link to the west in just about anybody else but his identity still being -- the book is a best seller.

That name is is the -- is a thriller but it really happened and you gonna be bringing to the big screen.

Yeah we're we're not sure what form it's going to be a mini series or off the feature film it's a very rich natural very dance of me because -- difficult to cover ninety minutes and and the future film but.

You know this is a guy who grew up.

As a member of the -- double agent for the CIA.

In the in the intelligence division of the elite Republican guard during the nineteen.

It during the 1980s he he worked with that would with the CA for years and years and by the -- -- stuff he says since about them getting nuclear weapons and their attack in on the west and then one of the most valuable intelligence sources for the CIA for the Reagan administration.

Coming out of the Middle East coming out of the region.

I Billy how much you know my best weekly you know both from mass of people how much do you think you know about Massa -- -- would you say a lot yet but we have most of my cue the music let's do the mass of people quiz and see how much -- Philadelphia and actually knows has been no studying.

Unbelievable let's do it first.

Why it was invented by a -- legal -- all these questions into the computer the combustion engine the pocket share with the perm.

Who I would have -- this is the term but my gut is telling me the -- here judges.

The answer is term invented by a little bit -- -- -- -- you don't get it again happening -- you don't you've got it yeah.

Second best thing to -- to the term guidance is suggestion okay erase what they're wrong arrogantly -- This Italian American -- made national headlines when the wife was shot in the head.

What's the name of the family first.

Buttafuoco what was the name of the person shot.

He's the -- how many units and had a Amy Fisher afford this house what does she do to afford that house.

Built under him you gotta can -- a -- I -- -- I really believe you're right we're pursuing that right now.

Congratulations you know the bit about your hometown -- annual suspect drove foundations of Billy thanks so much proud -- -- --

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