Kathryn Bigelow, former wife of renowned director/producer James Cameron, became the first female to ever win an Academy Award for Direction with her 2009 film The Hurt Locker. Despite the movie's lack of box office revenue (a mere $17 million), The Hurt Locker scored big with critics and voters alike. With the news coming late Sunday night about the United States' successful mission to capture and kill Osama Bin Laden, Americans all over the country rejoiced.
Almost sure to be the biggest news story of 2011, the death Bin Laden reaches far past the homes of the families of victims lost in the terrible attack on 9/11. Bigelow had been working hard on a picture that depicts a failed attempt to capture and seize Bin Laden shortly after the brutal attacks on 9/11. However, with the latest news about the successful mission, this is sure to put a big spin on Bigelow's film. Whether it hinders or helps her cause, Bigelow is almost guaranteed a much larger box office score than her previous award winning movie. For more information on how this massive news story is affecting Bigelow and other projects, check out the links below (courtesy of Collider.com and and Deadline.com):
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