Originally published January 28, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
In development for some time, Warner Bros. Pictures appears to finally be moving forward with a big screen take on the harrowing true tale of the USS Indianapolis. TheWrap reports that Tate Taylor, the director behind The Help and Get on Up, has signed on to helm.
Outside of his Marvel commitments, which have swelled some more over recent months with his involvement in Captain America: Civil War in 2016, Robert Downey Jr. is selecting his newest projects, and one which has been involved with for a few years looks like it might finally set sail.
Downey and his wife, Susan, have been attached to the story of the USS Indianapolis since 2011 with their Team Downey company, but they and Warner Bros. Pictures have found a director for the project in the form of Taylor. But while the Iron Man star is on board as producer, it is unconfirmed if he star in the film as well.
The USS Indianapolis was a vessel sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1945, and the ship’s crew was left for days to fend against starvation and shark attacks. Of the nearly 900 men that survived the torpedo attacks, only about 300 survived the events which followed.
Downey can next be seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron, which opens April 24th in the UK, and on May 1st in the US.
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