Ron Howard’s next film is looking to be an adaptation of Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz’s nonfiction book “Alone at Dawn” according to Puck News.
The story follows John Chapman, an Air Force combat controller who gave his life during the War in Afghanistan while saving 23 fellow soldiers.
The sacrifice that earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor and the film is likely to be in line with the tone of other U.S. soldier combat dramas like “Lone Survivor,” “12 Strong” and “The Covenant”.
The project is not the firefighting drama that came up again this past week. Back in July last year, came news Howard’s collaborator Brian Grazer was working on a remake of Howard’s 1991 firefighter drama “Backdraft”.
Glen Powell was said to be considering the project at the time but it was in very early development and presumed to have Howard involved.
Then, earlier this week, The Insneider published a report saying Powell and Howard were teaming on a firefighter project that’s not a “Backdraft” remake.
Instead, it’s an original story penned by Christina Hodson (“Birds of Prey”) about a team “who must rekindle their fractured relationship when a series of deadly fires sweep across Texas”. That project landed at Amazon MGM Studios.
However today’s news suggest “Alone at Dawn” has taken priority over that.
