How UAE-funded film The Misfits became anti-Qatar propaganda

Al Jazeera investigation reveals that original script of The Misfits was amended to depict Qatar as a ‘terrorist state’.

An Al Jazeera investigative programme has revealed the details behind the production of a Hollywood film co-produced by an Emirati film company that has been derided as “immoral” and “absurd” for portraying Qatar as a “terrorist state”. The Misfits, co-produced, filmed, and financed by the UAE-based FilmGate Production in partnership with Paramount Pictures and Highland Film Group, tells the story of savvy thief Richard Pace, played by Pierce Brosnan, who escapes from a high-security US prison and goes on to steal millions from the world’s most secure facilities. An Al Jazeera investigation, reported by Tamer al-Mishal in the latest episode of the show What’s Hidden is Greater aired on Sunday, revealed how the original script of the film was transformed into propaganda against Qatar.