--- description: The miniseries is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning nonfiction book Black Flags: The Rise Of ISIS title: Bradley Cooper Is Developing an HBO Miniseries About the Rise of ISIS image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt928e2b1e0396bb87/6988a15d0a4a22034f9cad32/bradley-cooper-hbo-isis-miniseries.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bradley Cooper to Develop HBO Miniseries About the Rise of ISIS by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 5, 2016 5:01 PM CUT  Bradley Cooper walks the red carpet of the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theatre on June 11, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Bradley Cooper walks the red carpet of the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theatre on June 11, 2016 in Shanghai, China.Visual China—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 5, 2016 5:01 PM CUT [Bradley Cooper](http://time.com/4437252/bradley-cooper-dnc-american-sniper/ "undefined") is developing a miniseries about the rise of ISIS for HBO. The four-time Academy Award nominee will executive produce the miniseries, called _Black Flags_. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book _Black Flags: The Rise Of ISIS_ by Washington _Post_ reporter Joby Warrick, the miniseries chronicles the rise of ISIS from its beginnings in Jordan to its gains in Syria. Warrick’s book explores how the Iraq War contributed to the growth of ISIS, told through interviews with terrorists, politicians and intelligence agents. After reading the book, Cooper thought it would make a good limited TV series. He and producing partner Todd Phillips collaborated with Warrick on the project, [_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2016/08/bradley-cooper-black-flags-isis-miniseries-hbo-todd-phillips-1201798580/ "undefined") reported. Cooper and Phillips, partners under the production company Joint Effort, will release their company’s first movie, [_War Dogs_](http://time.com/4437000/shia-labeouf-james-corden-war-dogs/ "undefined"), which centers on two men who arm U.S. allies in Afghanistan, on Aug. 19. HBO has not announced a release date for the miniseries. \[[_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2016/08/bradley-cooper-black-flags-isis-miniseries-hbo-todd-phillips-1201798580/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/"},"headline":"Bradley Cooper to Develop HBO Miniseries About the Rise of ISIS","datePublished":"2016-08-05T17:01:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:48:16.530Z","description":"The miniseries is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book Black Flags: The Rise Of ISIS","url":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt928e2b1e0396bb87/6988a15d0a4a22034f9cad32/bradley-cooper-hbo-isis-miniseries.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt928e2b1e0396bb87/6988a15d0a4a22034f9cad32/bradley-cooper-hbo-isis-miniseries.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"19th Shanghai International Film Festival - Opening Ceremony & Red Carpet","caption":"Bradley Cooper walks the red carpet of the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theatre on June 11, 2016 in Shanghai, China.","creditText":"Visual China—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/","name":"Bradley Cooper to Develop HBO Miniseries About the Rise of ISIS"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Bradley Cooper on the Films that Shaped His Childhood","description":"“Ultimately you want to tell a story so that it can help heal and make people feel that they’re not alone,” says Cooper, who has been nominated for an Oscar three times.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sxLupXWQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T01:25:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sxLupXWQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/","duration":"PT2M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4441098/bradley-cooper-hbo-miniseries-isis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```