Kidnap tale to be made into film

A film based on the ordeal of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch is to be made by the acclaimed German producer-director, Bernd Eichinger.

According to Variety, the script will be written by journalist Peter Reichard, who interviewed Kampusch between 1998 and 2006 at the hands of Wolfgang Priklopil. Filming is due to start in 2011.