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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment is attaching Tom Hanks to play Captain Richard Phillips, the leader of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama who gave himself up as a hostage to Somali pirates to keep his crew from having to leave the ship with them. After three days alone with the armed pirates in a small lifeboat, Phillips was saved by Navy SEALs who staged a raid that left three captors dead and another in custody. Shortly after Phillips got a hero’s homecoming and signed with CAA to make a book deal, Sony Pictures optioned A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, Phillips’ memoir of the harrowing ordeal. Hyperion published the book last year. Sony Pictures’ The Social Network team of Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Kevin Spacey are producing the film. Hanks sparked to a draft recently turned in by The Hunger Games scribe Billy Ray. Elizabeth Cantillon is supervising for Sony Pictures.
Hanks is currently working with Rudin in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the Stephen Daldry-directed Warner Bros/Paramount adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel that also stars Sandra Bullock and is under way in New York. Hanks doesn’t attach to many projects, but he also made plans to star with Toy Story cohort Tim Allen in a live-action version of Jungle Cruise for Disney. CAA reps Hanks.
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Hmmm….as I recall, most of the ship’s crew were “colored” meaning non-Whites….are they going to cast an all white crew with Hanks or stay true to the story. You know how Hollywood is.
I think it was about 3 to 1 “white” to “colored”, if it really matters. The pirates were all “colored”, however. Maybe that’s what you recall?
It’s 2011 and we’re still using the word “colored”. Really?
Weren’t there some questions about the veracity of his actions?
V
Yes, there were. If they portray him as a straight-up hero that’s not the full story.
What’s the “full story”? Explain.
Sally, i think they would rather be called Somalians instead of “colored”.
The word is Somali, not Somalian.
why bother? It doesn’t sound interesting
Spielberg should really be the one to play this part. Hanks directs. Imagine produces.
OWA screenwriter: But the audience already knows how it ends…
Studio Brass: That’s why we hired you. Be creative. What if it didn’t happen like we saw it unfold? I’m just throwing that out there.
Everybody knew how Apollo 13 ended before going to see the movie. And yet, the movie worked great. It could be the same here.
excellent point on movie endings.
What?!? He’s not going to play Sully Sullenberger?!?
I somehow get the feeling that this is not going to end well.
This has as much excitement as reporting “the grass in front of my house was cut today.” T. Hanks = snore fest.
Really?? Was it?? Tell me more.. Ride-on or push? Electric or gas? 2-stroke or 4-stroke, I gotta know!!
Wilson wasn’t free??
Rita Wilson or the volleyball Wilson? lol
This is a BIG subject. There’s a big effort to raise awareness of the Somali piracy problem, by the worldwide seafaring community, happening at the moment. www,saveourseafrarers.com. Check it out – and find out what’s happening in the real world. You can follow ‘savourseafarer’ Facebook and Twitter,too.
Hanks would be the business!
I can just see some exec insisting the pirates all dress and talk like Jack Sparrow….
I’m rolling my eyes at some of the ignorant comments here. Open your minds, people, and maybe even a portion of your hearts. I just finished reading Capt. Phillips’ narrative of that terrible time with the pirates — the book, co-authored with Stephan Talty, is entitled “A Captain’s Duty” — and I’m still in shock over what the captain (especially the captain) and his crew had to endure. It is a pure-and-simple miracle that Capt. Phillips survived and it speaks to his courage, determination, and love for his family. This man is a rare breed of honesty and hard work. He also has a terrific sense of humor. And then there’s the phenomenal rescue by the U.S. Navy and SEALS, divers, etc. Those of you who think this is a dull story should read the book and learn a little. The book held my attention from start to finish and I cried for the last 20 pages.
They dont care what they are called but they are africians and the only reason i know this is because i served two tours over there.
Building Bridges: Putting words into practice, I believe it’s never too late to make a difference. As a 53 year old, first-year, grade 7/8 Language Arts teacher at Dugsi Academy (a Somali Charter School), I am making a difference in the Minnesota multicultural community, bridging two cultures. In December 2010, I graduated with a BS degree in Secondary Education-English from the University of Wisconsin. Now I am looking for contacts that may be willing to sponsor my classroom at Dugsi Academy, a Somali charter school in St. Paul, MN?
Here are a couple links you might find useful to know I am completely on the up & up:
Please forward to anyone/or any business looking for an end of the year tax-deductible contribution. Of course the first link takes you to my classroom.
http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/classroomdonation/results_school.aspx?ps=0&schoolid=133197
For information about Dugsi Academy visit: http://www.dugsiacademy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=2
I would like my classroom/students to have the same amenities (books & technology) my own children had while being raised in the MN suburban public schools.
Ms. Hurst
Please forward to Tom Hanks and his production company.
I was there and one of the key members of the rescue and this whole thing may not be accurate as much as ppl want it to be!