Paul Greengrass To Adapt, Direct T.J. Newman Novel ‘Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421’ For Warner Bros
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Paul Greengrass has been set by Warner Bros to adapt, direct and produce Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421.
The T.J. Newman bestselling novel was the subject of a fevered bidding battle, with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy landing the novel for $1.5 million against $3 million.
There were four other seven-figure bids on the table. The project reunites De Luca and Greengrass, who worked together on Captain Phillips.
In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
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