William Ayers "Fugitive Days" May Get Big Screen Treatment Thanks To Obama Connection

"Ayers script hopes to gain from Obama" from Politico reports that, not surprisingly, screen treatment of disgraced domestic terrorist may be forthcoming, thanks to his links to Barack Obama.

Ayers will probably be portrayed as a hero or misunderstood by sympathetic Hollywood types.

"Director John Hancock finished writing the screenplay titled "Fugitive Days" over the summer with longtime partner Dorothy Tristan, and his agent has just begun sending it to producers and production companies. Adapted from Ayers' 2001 memoir of the same name, the script has received "nibbles but no bites," said Hancock, who is hoping to direct the film if it is eventually produced. "