Tom Hanks exposes ‘Agent Zigzag’

New Line and Playtone are developing a feature film adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s book with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman producing. The movie will be a World War II spy drama and has attached Mark Bomback (Race to Witch Mountain) to write the screenplay.

…tells the story of Edward Arnold Chapman, a career criminal who was trained by the Nazis to be a spy during WWII. On a mission to sabotage an airplane factory in England, he contacted the Brits and began a life as a double agent. — Variety

Tom Hanks certainly has a strong admiration and respect for the topic of World War II. This will be the fourth WWII project Hanks has been involved with. Personally, I am glad he’s committed to the subject because he always does a great job. On the other hand, I am a bit concerned with his choice of writers on this latest project. Bomback certainly did not strike gold as a writer with ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ and his previous efforts include ‘Deception’ and ‘Live Free or Die Hard’. Hopefully, he proves he’s a better writer with this more significant project.

[source: Variety]