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Adapting novels into feature-length scripts is something that happens a lot nowadays. One of the screenwriters out there right now who knows what kind of work you have to put into making a successful adaptation is scribe Francis Lawrence. Now he's at it once more, this time adapting the Laura Hillenbrand novel "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption."Along with that, Richard LaGravenese has been chosen by Universal Pictures to direct the WWII prisoner-of-war story. This marks the second time LaGravenese will team up on a film with Lawrence. They recently did so with the upcoming dramatic tale "Water for Elephants" (scheduled to be released soon)."Unbroken" centers on Louie Zamperini who as a teen transformed from a Depression Era trouble-maker into a world class runner who became ! the youngest American to compete on the US team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Though he didn't medal, Zamperini ran the final lap so fast that Hitler asked to meet him. He was expected to win a medal in the 1940 Games slated for Tokyo, but World War II ended the Games and eventually his Olympic dreams. Zamperini became an Air Force bombardier. After his aircraft went down in the Pacific during a rescue mission, he and two other crew mates floated on a raft for 47 days, battling hunger, thirst and sharks. Finally, they were caught by the Japanese Navy, and that marked the start of an even more gruesome period of captivity at the hands of the Japanese guards. They were threatened with the possibility of being beheaded and were beaten brutally. One guard in particular made it his mission to break Zamperini, but the former track star would make it through.Source: Deadline

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