We’ve received exclusive word on some of the top movies in development for the year 2002. Here are the tentative titles and plot details for these feature films, which are guaranteed box-office success in the wake of 9-11

The Hunt for Dead Osama
Sean Connery plays an intrepid submarine commander whose mission is to find Osama bin Laden, suspected to be in hiding in an underwater bunker specially built by the United States at the height of the Afghan-Soviet war. Chaos erupts when Osama sends two agents posing as Baywatch lifeguards to crash into the submarine on jet skis. The part of Osama has not been cast, but Jack Nicholson and Anthony Hopkins are reported to be in talks with producers for a salary of $20 million plus.

The Yvonne Ridley Story
Yvonne Ridley is the intrepid British journalist who shot to fame when she was arrested and kept in a Taliban jail for several weeks in 2001. In this film biopic, Ridley, played by Renee Zellweger, goes into Afghanistan to report on women’s right. She is captured by Taliban forces and ends up falling in love with the bold Taliban commander (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is in conflict between his love for a western women and his loyalty to his country. Cameo appearance by Hugh Grant as a foppish British Council official who attempts to get Yvonne freed using . Next>