Washington DC, July 11 -- Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch is set to play a Texas prison boss facing a hostage taking drama in 'Eleven Days', a new thriller directed by Peter Landesman, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Set in 1974 and based on a real-life prison uprising, Kitsch will be seen playing the role of Jim Estelle, the head of the Texas Department of Corrections, attempting to end a hostage taking in the Huntsville Penitentiary led by heroin kingpin Federico Carrasco as part of an escape plan gone wrong.

Estelle has to lead negotiations with the hostage takers and their ruthless leader to end the tense siege drama. Lines between captor and captive, justice and survival, begin to blur as the siege spirals for eleven endless, ter...