Syrian Refugee Movie (Dunham writing, Spielberg and Abrams producing)

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Lena Dunham to Adapt Refugee Survival Story for Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams (EXCLUSIVE)

Lena Dunham will write the harrowing survival tale of a Syrian refugee stranded at sea for the big screen.

Dunham has been tapped by co-producers Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams to adapt “A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival.”

The nonfiction release comes from author Melissa Fleming, the chief spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner and Flatiron Books. It documents the true story of Doaa Al Zamel, a mother of two fleeing Egypt for Sweden by boat. Shipwrecked along the way, Al Zamel survived for days in open water holding her two small children in each arm with only the support of an inflatable water ring.

The project is set up at Paramount Pictures with Abrams’ Bad Robot and Spielberg’s Amblin Partners producing. Arif Hussein will executive produce. Amblin and Paramount are expected to co-distribute the title globally.

Dunham is repped by CAA. She is a co-creator and executive producer on HBO’s “Camping” and the series “Girls.” She marked her breakout with the 2010 indie “Tiny Furniture,” for which she served as writer, director, and star.

Dunham will also appear in Quentin Tarantino’s forthcoming Manson-centric ensemble drama “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” alongside Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie.

from Variety

[Leonidas King]

[Creed]

LENA

[The Debts]

"Lena Dunham"

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Hoke Moseley]

Lena Dunham was the best writer Spielberg and Abrams could come up with?

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Lena Dunham was the best writer Spielberg and Abrams could come up with?

My exact thoughts.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by Creed

My exact thoughts.

Mine, too.

[Lutz]

This is now my most anticipated film right next to Zack Snyder’s THE FOUNTAINHEAD.

[Chaotic]

There goes my respect for Spielberg.

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Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Lena Dunham was the best writer Spielberg and Abrams could come up with?

All the diversity initiatives in Hollywood and they couldn't find a Syrian writer to adapt a Syrian story? Hope they at least cast Syrian actors...

[mwynn]

[kylor]

Great. Another movie to keep my fire stoked along with 2016 Ghostbusters.

[jacobsever]

Agree with everyone in this thread.

[Cremildo]

I'll only (begrudingly) watch it if Spielberg chooses to direct. Which is entirely possible, given that he's picking more and more uninteresting projects the older he gets.

[AaronJ]

It could be very moving, depending on how the story is told.

[sperezmore]

Lena Dunham