Bomback writing 'Agent Zigzag' for Hanks

Mark Bomback has been hired to adapt Ben Macintyre's book Agent Zigzag for Tom Hanks, reports Variety.

Zigzag is an account of the World War II career of Edward Arnold Chapman. A criminal trained as a spy by the Nazis, Chapman contacted the British government and began operating as a double agent.

Chapman's life was the subject of the 1966 film Triple Cross, which starred Christopher Plummer as the spy.

Bomback's next movie Race To Witch Mountain opens in cinemas on April 10.