Coens to rewrite Ange’s script
The Coen brothers are rewriting Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken script.
The iconic filmmakers have signed on to update the draft screenplay of the Hollywood actress’ new project, based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling novel, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption.
The film will be based on the true story of 1936 Olympics athlete Louis Zamperini, who served as a US Army Air Forces bombardier in World War II, survived a plane crash and lived on a raft for 47 days, before being captured and sent to a Japanese prison camp.
Jolie jumped on board as director in December after Hunger Games: Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence dropped out. Previous versions of the script were penned by William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese.
The drama marks Jolie’s second time behind the camera after the success of her directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey. The Salt star was reportedly very picky about choosing top-flight writers to help her tackle the script, before opting for the No Country for Old Men filmmaking duo.
Joel and Ethan have rarely taken on script writing for other people and usually both direct and produce their own work, but recently put their name to art heist comedy Gambit, which starred Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz.
Get more from iafrica.com:
Watch Jack ‘hit on’ Jennifer
Oscar host Seth slammed
‘Wicked’ movie coming soon
