I already can't wait to see this. Spielberg to direct Munich Olympics film

LOS ANGELES - Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who won his first Oscar for the Holocaust drama ”Schindler’s List,” has taken on another tragic moment in modern Jewish history as his next project -- the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Spielberg plans to start production in June and is eyeing actor Ben Kingsley for a role in the upcoming drama, which will chronicle the Summer Games marred by the kidnapping and slaying of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants, a DreamWorks studio spokeswoman said Wednesday.

In all, 11 Israelis lost their lives in the bloody 1972 tragedy, including nine hostages killed in a botched rescue attempt at a military air base outside Munich, all while Olympics officials carried on with the competition. Five of the gunmen and a German policeman also died. Three of the militants were captured alive.

I sure hope that one day he makes a movie where the Jews don't wind up dead in the end. Then again, aside from Entebbe, do such stories exist?