Deadline is reporting that Paul Greengrass has been offered the directorial reigns, very likely teaming with leading man Tom Hanks. According to the report, this could well represent Greengrass’ next project.
Phillips captained the MV Maersk Alabama which, in April of 2009, was hijacked by the pirates. Phillips bravely offered himself as a hostage to protect his crew and spent three days a prisoner before being rescued by a team of U.S. Navy SEALS.
The sale of the project, based off Phillip’s memoir, “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea,” was announced for development last year with producers Michael DeLuca, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti and Scott Rudin.
In March it was officially announced that Hanks would topline the film.
Greengrass seems like a logical choice for a film like this. His experience with the suspense genre — coupled with his work on
2006′s United 93 — would seem to make him uniquely qualified.
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