Billy Bob Thornton will direct and star in Paramount Pictures' drama Floyd Collins, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film will depict the true story of Floyd Collins, a cave explorer who, in 1925, found himself trapped in a Kentucky cavern sparking a 13-day media frenzy.

Thornton's manager, Geyer Kosinski, will produce. Tom Epperson wrote the screenplay adapted from Robert Murray and Roger Brucker's book Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins.