Paul Greengrass to Direct 'Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 421' for Warner Bros.

The film, based on T.J. Newman's bestselling novel about a plane crash and a race to rescue survivors, has not been cast yet.

Paul Greengrass, known for directing three of the Jason Bourne films, is set to direct an adaptation of T.J. Newman's bestselling novel 'Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 421'.
The novel, based on Newman's real-life experience as a flight attendant, is about a plane that crashes into the ocean shortly after takeoff, trapping survivors in a sealed-off section of the plane.
The survivors include an engineer and his preteen daughter, and the engineer's estranged wife is part of the elite rescue team racing to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Warner Bros. won the rights to the novel in a heated bidding war against other major Hollywood studios.
The film has not been cast yet and is expected to draw from Greengrass' experience with films like 'Captain Phillips' and 'United 93'.