Harry Potter scribe Steve Kloves has signed on to write the script for Paul Greengrass’ Drowning.
Per Deadline, Kloves will write the screenplay for Warner Bros. adaptation of Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421, a 2023 novel written by T. J. Newman.
The movie will be directed by Greengrass, who is known for helming 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy, 2006’s United 93, 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, 2013’s Captain Phillips, 2016’s Jason Bourne, and 2020’s News of the World, among other titles.
Kloves wrote the screenplays for all eight films in the Harry Potter franchise, while he also served as a producer on the three Fantastic Beasts movies. He additionally co-wrote 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledoore and 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, among other titles.
What is Paul Greengrass’ Drowning about?
“A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation,” Deadline’s description of the plot reads. “A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Greengrass will produce the movie alongside Shane Salerno, The Story Factory, and Greg Goodman, while Newman and Amy Lord will serve as executive producers.
Prior to Drowning, Greengrass is first making The Lost Bus, a new Blumhouse thriller movie that stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera. “The story centers on Kevin McKay (McConaughey) and Mary Ludwig (Ferrera), a bus driver and teacher who lead a school bus full of young students through the Camp Fire,” the synopsis for The Lost Bus reads.
A release date for Drowning has not yet been publicly announced by Warner Bros.
