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Mindriot Entertainment Sets ‘Father Figure’, A Feature Project Partly Based On The Life Of Notorious FBI Hacker Bryan Seely


Bryan Seely is best known as an "ethical jacket." He once hacked the FBI and secret service.

EXCLUSIVE: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged has acquired the rights to adapt the life stories of former US marines Bryan Seely and Robert Hudock for a feature project. Seely is known internationally as the notorious “ethical hacker.” He first gained notoriety after simultaneously hacking into the FBI and Secret Service to expose a glitch in their system. Father Figure joins MindRiot’s busy development slate which also features an adaptation of Tobias Wolff’s National Medal of the Arts winning The Barracks Thief, the Josh Swindell prison drama Four The Yard, and the OceanGate pic Salvaged.

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