A new limited TV series about Leonard Cohen's 1973 Yom Kippur War visit is in the works
A new limited TV series based on Leonard Cohen's 1973 visit to the frontlines of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, titled Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai, is in the works.
Variety reports that the limited TV series - Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai - shares its name with Matti Friedman book, and will be a dramatised adaptation of Cohen's visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, in the Sinai desert.
The series will be written by Yehonatan Indursky (Shtisel), and is expected to be filmed on location in Israel in 2024.
Executive producer Jill Offman (Sixty-Six Media) said, "As a life-long Leonard Cohen fan, I loved Matti Friedman’s brilliant book from the moment I read it. With Yehonatan at the helm and with my partners at Keshet, I am very much looking to bringing this his extraordinary story to the screen. I set up Sixty-Six Media looking for undiscovered international stories with universal resonance and it’s an honour to have this as our first project."
Last month Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, David Gray, Peter Gabriel and more contributed to the Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen album.
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