Sam Raimi may be one of the top directors in Hollywood, but he doesn’t exactly overwhelm us with movies. Indeed he’s only helmed 13 movies since The Evil Dead in 1981. Since Oz The Great And Powerful he’s been mulling over various possibilities, and now he’s added one more, as Deadline reports he’s signed up to produce and possibly direct The Outpost.
The film will be an adaptation of Jake Tapper’s book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, which tells the real-life story of 53 American soldiers stationed at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. On the morning of October 3rd, 2009, they were attacked by over 400 Taliban fighter, but despite being heavily outnumbered, they managed to prevail.
Raimi will now oversee script development with writers Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter) coming up with the actual screenplay.
The director commented, “The Outpost is an epic story of bravery, courage, and sacrifice of our men in uniform, and is absolutely a picture meant for the big screen. I’m honored to be a part of it.”