Ford to play general in Fallujah film

Actor Harrison Ford is to star in a movie about the battle for Fallujah.

The Paramount movie will be based on the upcoming book No True Glory by Bing West, a former Marine and US Assistant Defence Secretary, who covered the battle as a foreign correspondent.

The film will be the first major Hollywood film on the Iraq war and will focus on US troops and their military and civilian leaders, rather than on the Iraqi insurgents targeted in the massive assault.

Ford will play the general in charge of the operation.