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\n\tA new documentary will chronicle the three-night run of concerts Taylor Swift<\/a> had to cancel in Vienna in 2024<\/a> when authorities foiled an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot. Variety<\/a> <\/em>reports that the film, whose working working title is Taylor Swift Wien<\/em>, will explore \u201ctwo vastly different youth subcultures: the inclusive, empowered world of the Swifties<\/a> and a realm of toxic masculinity, fueled by online radicalization and a desperate need for validation.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAndreas Pichler (Tesla Files<\/em>) and Veronika Kaserer (Hunt for the Mafia \u2013 The \u2018Ndrangheta in Germany<\/em>) co-directed the doc. It will first air on the German network ZDF before an international rollout.<\/p>\n \n\tThis past April, a 21-year-old Austrian man, identified as Beran A. due to Austria\u2019s privacy laws, pleaded guilty<\/a> to plotting to attack Swift\u2019s concerts. (He was sentenced to 15 years in prison<\/a>.) Authorities discovered a nearly finished bomb at his home. He had been preparing for the attack for at least a month, watching ISIS instructional videos. His goal, according to authorities, was to \u201ckill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.\u201d The concerts were expected to draw as many as 65,000 fans for the concert and an additional 30,000 outside listening. A second man received a 12-year sentence for encouraging the plot. Two others associated with the same terror cell also stood trial for unrelated allegations.<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the film\u2019s producers, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, told Variety <\/em>that the doc would look at what transpired from multiple angles. One is a \u201cticking clock\u201d procedural looking at how Austrian and German security agencies worked with the CIA and MI5 to stop the attack. Another looks at Vienna\u2019s Swifties. As security experts told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>at the time, cancelling the gig was \u201cnot a complicated decision.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe filmmakers also follow three female fans as they process how and why the concerts were canceled, eventually forming a support group for others processing the anxiety surrounding the event. These Swifties met with Austrian police and the country\u2019s then-chancellor, Karl Nehammer. At the time of the cancellations, the chancellor called losing the shows \u201ca bitter disappointment\u201d<\/a> for fans.<\/p>\n