The nonfiction book
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape From Nazi-Occupied France is flying once again, this time with the help of A-listers
Ben Stiller and
Jeremy Allen White, as well as A24, who are all in various stages of talks to bring the adaptation to the screen.
If deals make, Stiller will direct and produce the adaptation of the book written by Seth Meyerowitz which would star White. A24 is in negotiations to land the package, which will be titled simply
Airman.
Stiller would also produce via his long-standing production banner Red Hour Films. Also producing will be John Lesher via his Le Grisbi Productions and P.J. van Sandwijk of Storyteller Productions.
Jake Gyllenhaal, who was to have starred in an adaptation being developed in the late 2010s, remains involved as producer via his Nine Stories banner.
The 2016 book tells the incredible true story of Arthur Meyerowitz, an American turret-gunner whose B-24 bomber was shot down over Vichy France in 1943. While hiding in the French countryside, Meyerowitz befriended Marcel Talliander, the founder of the legendary French resistance group Reseau Morhange, who helped shelter the man from the Gestapo through his secret network. After six months of barely evading capture, an escape plan was hatched that saw the soldier cross into Spain and eventual freedom.
Ben Shattuck wrote the screenplay.
If all deals come together, the plan would be to start production in early 2027.
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