Walden, Universal partner on Zamperini pic

Walden Media has partnered with Universal Pictures to bring the Lou Zamperini story to the screen after 55 years in development.
Walden announced its involvement Thursday. Universal originally began development of the Zamperini story in 1956 but wasn’t ever able to bring the pic to the big screen.

Project was dubbed “Iron Man” at that point, a nickname given Zamperini for withstanding torture during his internment by a vicious guard nicknamed “The Bird.” In 2003, Brad Pitt’s Plan B came on produce with Universal and Cage’s Saturn Films on “Lou Zamperini” and attached Antoine Fuqua to direct.

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