Optimist that I am, I'm hoping "three will be a charm. If half the movie is filmed in the county, the loan will become a grant. Washington County and City of Hagerstown officials helped Maxwell's Antietam Films in preproduction on ``Gods and Generals.'' They have offered a preproduction loan of $300,000 for ``The Last Full Measure,'' Maxwell said. Ted Turner has optioned ``The Last Full Measure'' for production and is ``committed in his heart to do this movie,'' Maxwell told the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown. Armys Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment were tasked with. The books by Michael Shaara and his son Jeff Shaara include ``Gettysburg'' and its prequel, ``Gods and Generals.'' The third book follows the action after Gettysburg to the Confederacy's surrender. A new film opening Friday tells the story of a long fight to right an old wrong. (AP) - Even though the movie ``Gods and Generals'' was not a box office success, director and screenwriter Ron Maxwell still wants to adapt the trilogy's final book, ``The Last Full Measure,'' for the screen. Report: Turner Options 'Last Full Measure' Needless to say, the following story has produced mixed emotions in me:
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