
Tom Hanks is reportedly set to play Capt. Richard Phillips in a new film about the Somali pirate hostage story.
According to trade rag The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will be produced byScott Rudin, Michael DeLuca, Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti the team behind The Social Network.
The film will retell the story of the captain of the trading vessel
Maersk Alabama who, in order to save his crew, surrendered himself to Somali pirates after his ship was hijacked. The standoff, which commanded worldwide attention, tested the strength of Phillips and his crew as well as the resolve of the Navy commanders and President Barack Obama to bring Phillips home alive.
Hanks is currently filming the movie adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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