EXCLUSIVE: This is a hot package which is being assembled right now: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is attached to direct an adaptation of the upcoming Viking nonfiction book Facing the Mountain by bestselling author Daniel James Brown.
I’ve just been updated that this is going out as a series.Facing the Mountain follows the Japanese American war heroes of the 442nd Regiment during World War II.
The emotionally gripping saga of patriotism highlights the contributions and sacrifices Japanese Americans made for the sake of the nation, in the face of unspeakable persecution and internment at home.The book comes on the heels of Brown’s The Boys in the Boat, which sold more than 3 million copies
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