BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003--Academy Award-winning filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood has acquired the rights to Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian James R. Hansen's authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to set foot on the moon. Eastwood intends to develop the property into a feature film that he will produce and direct, but not star in. The Malpaso Production will be a Warner Bros. Pictures release worldwide. Hansen's book is entitled "First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong." It traces Armstrong's life as a Korean War fighter pilot through his experiences in the American space program and his...
