EXCLUSIVE:
Nicholas Galitzine (
The Idea of You) and
Bill Skarsgård (
Nosferatu) are set to star in
Mosquito Bowl, the first new film falling under
Peter Berg‘s recently renewed deal with
Netflix, on which we were
first to report, sources tell Deadline.
Details as to the roles to be played by the two are under wraps. Based on Buzz Bissinger’s New York Times bestseller
The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the film is set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.
Berg penned the adaptation with Mark L. Smith. Producers on the project include Berg for Film 44, Brian Grazer for Imagine Entertainment, and Alex Gayner. Ezra Emanuel is serving as exec producer.
deadline.com
