Director Steven Spielberg is to join forces with the Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to turn a World War 1 novel into a movie
December 21 2009 No Commented
Director Steven Spielberg is to join forces with the Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall to turn a World War 1 novel into a movie.
The 63-year-old is to adapt the 1982 book Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo into a Hollywood blockbuster.
The story follows the relationship between a boy and his horse set in the Great War. Hall will be adapting the book for the big screen and Spielberg will produce. It is not known if he will also be directing.
Spielberg said to Variety: “From the moment I read the book, I knew this was a film I wanted to make.
“Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country.”