Too Soon for Movies Depicting the Boston Marathon Bombings?

It has been three years since the Boston Marathon bombings, and at least a couple of movies depicting the tragedy are already in the works.

Actor and Boston native Mark Wahlberg will star in "Patriots Day," a re-telling of the deadly attack.

Actor Jake Gyllenhall will portray bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, who lost both of his legs in the attack, in the upcoming movie "Stronger."

Bill Richard, the father of victim Martin Richard, tells WEEI that he is concerned it is "a little too soon" for Hollywood to be making movies about the terrorist attack.

Do you think it too soon for movies about the Boston Marathon bombings?

The attack took place on April 15, 2013 when two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon. Three civilians were killed and hundreds more injured. Additionally, on April 18, 2013, an MIT patrol officer was shot and killed by one of the Tsarnaev brothers.

One of the bombers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was sentenced to death. His brother, Tamerlan, died in a gunfight with police in the days after the attack.

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