Robert and Susan Downey to create USS Indiana Sinking Story for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images The storyline from the sinking from the USS Indiana throughout The Second World War and also the horrifying shark ordeal is constantly on the intrigue Hollywood, six decades after 100s of males perished in case. Warner Bros. and Robert and Susan Downey are dealing with the incident via a modern lens, searching in internet marketing with the eyes of Hunter Scott, the 11-years old boy who embarked on the journey to exonerate the Indianapolis' court-martialed captain. Warners has acquired the existence privileges to Scott and it has set Robert Schenkkan, a Emmy-nominated author for his focus on HBO's acclaimed World War Two-set small-series The Off-shore, to create the script for that untitled true-existence project. Schenkkan is working from the story through the Downeys, who're also creating via their Warners-based Team Downey banner. In 1996, Scott was an 11-years old searching for a topic for any national History Day competition when he viewed Jaws and was inspired through the scene of Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint remembering the Indiana ordeal. That got Scott researching the subject, discovering the way the warship was sunk by torpedoes and just how for 5 days its stranded crew was gradually eaten through the finned meat-people. Scott been told by children the way the captain, Charles McVay, was unjustly court-martialed, and hang to correct the miscarriage of justice, eventually testifying before Congress. He was eventually instrumental to get legislation passed in October 2000 to exonerate McVay, who committed suicide in 1968, as well as in This summer 2001, the U.S. Navy amended his record. Schenkkan has got the chops to tackle the storyline. Additionally to his focus on Off-shore, he's presently writing the seven-hour small-series America: Within the King Years, the variation from the Taylor Branch book series from Cinemax and The famous host oprah Winfrey. He also co-authored the 2002 Phillip Noyce-directed thriller The Quiet American. Jon Berg is managing the untitled Hunter Scott work for Warners. David Gambino is shepherding for Team Downey. Not just has got the Indiana sinking been discovered to be screen-worthy, Scott's story too continues to be Hollywood bait. J.J. Abrams attempted to create the storyline towards the screen via Universal however the project was put in turnaround within the late 2000s. Warner Bros.