Ron Howard is again on his based-on-a-true-story beat. And this time he’s bringing Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway alongside.
Howard will direct “Alone at Daybreak” with Driver and Hathaway for Amazon MGM Studios. It should obtain a theatrical launch.
Primarily based on the New York Instances bestselling ebook of the identical title by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz and tailored by Michael Russell Gunn, “Alone at Daybreak” is impressed by the true story of Air Power Fight Controller John Chapman, who “fought to the demise to save lots of his fellow troopers, [as] an intelligence officer strives to show his valor — main an investigation that may in the end safe him the Medal of Honor,” in line with the official synopsis. Driver will play Chapman.
“Alone at Daybreak” falls beneath Amazon MGM’s not too long ago renewed first-look movie take care of Howard and Brian Grazer’s manufacturing firm Think about Leisure. Think about shall be joined by producers The Hideaway Leisure and Thruline Leisure, along with Kristy Grisham, William Connor and Patrick Newall. Gunn will govt produce.
Thruline Leisure introduced the manuscript of the unique ebook to The Hideaway Leisure, who optioned it in a aggressive state of affairs. The Hideaway Leisure then employed Gunn to adapt the script and introduced the undertaking to Think about Leisure the place it was arrange at Amazon MGM. Schilling will function a army guide on the film and, like Chapman, was additionally a Fight Management Technician. Longfritz is the sister of John Chapman.
Gunn wrote the script, with later revisions by Erin Cressida Wilson and Amy Herzog.
Driver will quickly be seen in Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mom Sister Brother,” which gained the highest prize on the Venice Movie Pageant. It will likely be launched by Mubi quickly. Hathaway is at the moment filming “The Satan Wears Prada 2,” which is able to open subsequent 12 months. Driver additionally has James Grey’s “Paper Tiger” developing; Hathaway starred in Grey’s final movie “Armageddon Time.” She can even quickly be seen in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which shall be launched in theaters subsequent summer season.
