John Markesano will adapt the book A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos for Oscar-winner Tom Stoppard (Empire of the Sun, Shakespeare in Love) and Solipsist Films. Deadline.com reported that neophyte screenwriter Marksano, "a recent USC grad and full time commercial airline pilot, was tapped to adapt Higher Call after developing another project, Black Flag, with Solipsist."
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Britt Robertson (The Secret Circle, Under the Dome, and Life Unexpected) will play the lead role in The Longest Ride, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. She joins Scott Eastwood in the cast for the film directed by George Tillman Jr. from a script by Craig Bolotin (Black Rain, That Night).
