By “United 93” and “The Bourne Ultimatum” director Paul Greengrass has been set to write, direct and produce a film adaptation of T.J. Newman’s best-seller novel “Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421” for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The story begins when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his eleven-year-old daughter.
His estranged wife, also the girl’s mother, is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
The project reunites Warners chief Michael De Luca and Greengrass who previously worked together on “Captain Phillips”. Greengrass will produce alongside Shane Salerno and Greg Goodman.
Greengrass’ hiring comes just days after it was revealed Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”) will helm the next instalment of the Jason Bourne franchise.
Source: Deadline
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