McAfee's Escape From Belize Turns Movie

[Sarah G]

The story of eccentric 67-year-old antivirus firm founder John McAfee's escape from Belize, to Guatemala, to Miami, is set to hit the big screen.
Warner Bros. has optioned the rights to "John McAfee's Last Stand," a Wired story written by contributor Joshua Davis, reported Hollywood Reporter.

John Requa and Glenn Ficarr will reportedly adapt the story, as well as direct and produce the film. The pair previously directed the 2011 Warner Bros. comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, which earned $143 million worldwide. Both Wired publisher Conde Nast Entertainment and Davis will serve as movie co-producers.

McAfee's Escape From Belize Turns Movie - Security - Antivirus -

This week Datline had an investigative piece on this story. The whole thing was pretty weird but they did a good job presenting the story. The movie might be interesting as well.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Another douche bag being glorified by the media.

 

[Sarah G]

Another douche bag being glorified by the media.

Dateline's pretty sure he killed the guy, they didn't seem to glorify him. Just about everyone thought McAfee was psychotic.

 

[Zander]

I was interested in this story so I decided to watch Dateline. Their report was a huge disappointment. They took what should have been a 30 minute segment and stretched it out to 2 hours with endless commercials and constant rehashing of the tale. I really hate the constant 1-2 minutes of previews about what is "coming up next". Why can't they just report the story without treating the audience like fools? The one good thing about this was it reminded me of the reasons I stopped watching these tabloid type news programs......

As for McAfee, he's a weirdo. I believe he paid someone to kill his neighbor because the guy poisoned his dogs...looks like McAfee will get away with it too....

 

[percysunshine]

Soap operas will sell if packaged properly.

 

[Sarah G]

There are too many commercials on network tv but I was interested in the story too.

Did you see the guy telling the story that McAfee took all of the bullets out of that gun but one then put the gun to his own head and shot six times. Here's the story:

Many of us were somewhat shocked when we heard that McAfee, Inc. founder John McAfee was wanted on murder charges in Belize. But according to a new ebook called John McAfee’s Last Stand written by Wired’s Joshua Davis, we shouldn’t have been surprised one bit. Davis, who travelled to Belize to write his book on McAfee six months ago, found that the security software guru had apparently become a gun-toting paranoid who said strange things about misunderstanding reality. In an excerpt posted on Wired, Davis describes how McAfee convincingly pretended to play Russian Roulette in front of him while he frantically tried to convince McAfee to holster his gun.

When Davis figured out that McAfee hadn’t actually loaded the gun with a bullet — that is, after he’d pulled the trigger with the weapon to his head more than six times — McAfee told him that he “missed something” and that he was “operating on an assumption about reality that is wrong.” McAfee said that a similar misreading of reality was happening with the government of Belize and its allegations that he was “assembling a private army and entering the drug trade.” Needless to say, Davis’ book looks to be a real pageturner and promises “a harrowing tale of ambition, paranoia, sex, and madness.”

John McAfee biography: chronicles apparent dissent into madness | BGR

 

[percysunshine]

Needless to say, Davis’ book looks to be a real pageturner and promises “a harrowing tale of ambition, paranoia, sex, and madness.”

Desperate houswives are lining up as we speak...

 

[Sarah G]

(CNN) -- American technology pioneer John McAfee said he faked a heart attack while detained in Guatemala to buy time for his attorney to file a series of appeals that ultimately prevented his deportation to Belize, hastening the government's decision to send him back to the United States.

After weeks on the run and days in immigration detention, McAfee arrived in Miami on Wednesday.

He said Belize authorities in April 2011 accused him of running a methamphetamine lab, before the November 11 killing of his neighbor, American businessman Gregory Faull, and have since persecuted him.

John McAfee says he faked heart attack to avoid deportation to Belize - CNN.com

There's a video of him on that page talking about the faked heart attack.

 

[Zander]

There are too many commercials on network tv but I was interested in the story too.

Did you see the guy telling the story that McAfee took all of the bullets out of that gun but one then put the gun to his own head and shot six times. Here's the story:

Many of us were somewhat shocked when we heard that McAfee, Inc. founder John McAfee was wanted on murder charges in Belize. But according to a new ebook called John McAfee’s Last Stand written by Wired’s Joshua Davis, we shouldn’t have been surprised one bit. Davis, who travelled to Belize to write his book on McAfee six months ago, found that the security software guru had apparently become a gun-toting paranoid who said strange things about misunderstanding reality. In an excerpt posted on Wired, Davis describes how McAfee convincingly pretended to play Russian Roulette in front of him while he frantically tried to convince McAfee to holster his gun.

When Davis figured out that McAfee hadn’t actually loaded the gun with a bullet — that is, after he’d pulled the trigger with the weapon to his head more than six times — McAfee told him that he “missed something” and that he was “operating on an assumption about reality that is wrong.” McAfee said that a similar misreading of reality was happening with the government of Belize and its allegations that he was “assembling a private army and entering the drug trade.” Needless to say, Davis’ book looks to be a real pageturner and promises “a harrowing tale of ambition, paranoia, sex, and madness.”

John McAfee biography: chronicles apparent dissent into madness | BGR

Yeah, that seemed quite odd. He's a queer duck that one....

 

[percysunshine]

(CNN) -- American technology pioneer John McAfee said he faked a heart attack while detained in Guatemala to buy time for his attorney to file a series of appeals that ultimately prevented his deportation to Belize, hastening the government's decision to send him back to the United States.

After weeks on the run and days in immigration detention, McAfee arrived in Miami on Wednesday.

He said Belize authorities in April 2011 accused him of running a methamphetamine lab, before the November 11 killing of his neighbor, American businessman Gregory Faull, and have since persecuted him.

John McAfee says he faked heart attack to avoid deportation to Belize - CNN.com

There's a video of him on that page talking about the faked heart attack.

Yeah, but the Belize government probably has royalty rights on the book and an option on the movie contract. This is a class B+ marketing effort.

 

[Sunshine]

The story of eccentric 67-year-old antivirus firm founder John McAfee's escape from Belize, to Guatemala, to Miami, is set to hit the big screen.
Warner Bros. has optioned the rights to "John McAfee's Last Stand," a Wired story written by contributor Joshua Davis, reported Hollywood Reporter.

John Requa and Glenn Ficarr will reportedly adapt the story, as well as direct and produce the film. The pair previously directed the 2011 Warner Bros. comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, which earned $143 million worldwide. Both Wired publisher Conde Nast Entertainment and Davis will serve as movie co-producers.

McAfee's Escape From Belize Turns Movie - Security - Antivirus -

This week Datline had an investigative piece on this story. The whole thing was pretty weird but they did a good job presenting the story. The movie might be interesting as well.

The Dateline piece was more than enough. Junk.

 

[boedicca]

He's a freak - and a local Bay Area legend, for the wrong reasons. He's blow through over $100M; rumors are that he has about $5M left, if that.

 

[percysunshine]

The Dateline piece was more than enough. Junk.

Sunshine? Do I have an evil twin sister?

We could make up a story and write a book about it. It would have a harrowing tale of ambition, paranoia, sex, and madness. We can split the royalties and negotiate the movie contract.

 

[Sarah G]

Antivirus Software Pioneer Gets Dose of Reality

John McAfee knows about risk. A mathematician by training, in the late 1980s he developed the antivirus computer software program that has become a household name. In the 1990s he pioneered instant-messaging. In both cases, he grew bored and cashed out. At his peak, he was reportedly worth about $100 million.

"I don't know and that's the honest truth, eventually you have so many resources that a tiny fluctuation in the market can make you worth ten million dollars more in the morning and ten million dollars less in the evening," he explained of his ever-changing net worth.

Like many wealthy Americans, McAfee was hit hard with the simultaneous collapse of real estate, stocks and Wall Street investment banks. But he got whacked more than most, since much of his fortune was tied up in luxury properties.

"Oddly enough, when real estate markets crash, it's the higher end properties that crash the most ... simply because they're not necessities," he said. "My father always said, 'Real estate, you can't lose in real estate' ... you know, oddly enough you can."

Last Saturday, auctioneers worked up bids for his 80-acre retreat in the high desert of Rodeo, N.M. With a private airstrip and hangar, it's a slice of paradise, and it's all up for grabs.

Antivirus Software Pioneer John McAfee Loses Fortune - ABC News

Lost all of this and yet he'll probably get totally off of killing his neighbor. Crazy world..

 

[percysunshine]

ABC is promoting this?

Nothing else is working. I hope they sell something.