Ingrid Betancourt and Ex-Husband Duel Hollywood Style

The Kennedy/Marshall Co. has acquired rights to Ingrid Betancourt’s recently published book, “Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle.” On Sunday, a spokesperson for producer Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that work is under way on a script based on the book, which is Betancourt’s story about what happened while she was held and her eventual rescue in July 2008. Separately, Los Angeles-based Venezuelan-American writer-director Betty Kaplan has acquired rights to two books written during Betancourt’s captivity by Juan Carlos Lecompte, who was her husband. His Spanish-language books — “In Search of Ingrid” and “Ingrid y Yo: A Sweet and Sour Freedom,” tell the story of his love and the search for Betancourt throughout her captivity.
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