Netflix purchases rights, Pitt to star
Netflix purchases the rights to produce a feature film based on Hastings book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War In Afghanistan. Pitt will star as the military general in the satirical comedy. The film will be released in 2016.
Attends NYU
0 0 Paul M. Paul M.2014-06-22 17:36:512014-06-22 17:36:51Attends NYUHastings, Jordan marry
Hastings marries Elise Jordan in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Jordan is a former speechwriter for Condoleeza Rice who also worked for the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting, the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and the Commanding General’s Strategic Advisory Group in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hastings says:
I didn’t think I could love again. I feel very blessed and fortunate that Elise would have me. The fact that she was able to get past that—I feel pretty lucky.
Graduation
0 0 Paul M. Paul M.2014-06-22 17:37:222014-06-22 17:43:00GraduationAttends Connecticut College
During his freshman year at Connecticut College, Hastings continues experimenting with drugs a la his hero, Hunter S. Thompson. In addition to drinking heavily, he uses Adderall, cocaine, and crack. He neglects his grades and is asked to leave the school, moving back in with his parents in Burlington, Vermont.