Defiance director Edward Zwick has lined up whaling drama In The Heart Of The Sea as his next project, reports Variety.
An adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's book, the movie will recount how the ship Essex was destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820. Eight crew were rescued after being lost at sea for 90 days.
Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz co-wrote the script, which the Glory filmmaker plans to direct later this year.
The story of the whaleship Essex inspired Herman Melville to pen his classic novel Moby Dick, a revamped version of which is in development at Universal with Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov.
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