Zac Efron to Star in 'King of the Jungle' Inspired By A 'Wired' Magazine Article

Zac Efron to Star in 'King of the Jungle' Inspired By A 'Wired' Magazine Article

Zac Efron is headed back to the big screen!

The 32-year-old actor is set to star in King Of The Jungle, according to Deadline.

The project is based on an article published in Condé Nast’s Wired magazine about the wild true story of rogue tech magnate John McAfee, creator of the McAfee Antivirus software, who cashed-in his fortune, left civilization and moved to the jungle in Belize. There, he set up a Colonel Kurtz-like compound of guns, sex and madness.

Zac will play journalist Ari Furman in the film, who accepts what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill assignment to interview McAfee, but once he arrives in Belize, he finds himself pulled into McAfee’s escalating paranoia, slippery reality and murder.

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa will direct.

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