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EXCLUSIVE: Trimax Media, the manufacturing firm led by Alan Glazer (The Financial institution Job), has acquired movie rights to No Bullet Bought Me But, John Stansifer‘s forthcoming guide about U.S. Military Chaplain, Father Emil Kapaun.
Stansifer has scripted the movie adaptation, titled Father Kapaun’s Valley, which Stephen Campanelli (Drinkwater) is hooked up to direct. The intention with the venture is to assist fill the void in relation to U.S.-produced movies concerning the Korean Battle, whereas spotlighting a little-known battle hero at present on the trail to sainthood. Set to supply are Glazer and Stansifer, whose guide is slated for publication on March 12, 2024.
Probably the most adorned chaplain in U.S. navy historical past, Kapaun usually risked his life in the course of the Korean Battle to assist troopers survive, additionally taking nice pains to assist them of their religion, irrespective of their faith. Among the many most notable incidents from his navy historical past was the time when he was captured by Chinese language forces on the Battle of Unsan, whereas serving because the eighth Regiment Chaplain of the first Cavalry in November 1950, and held as a POW. Kapaun supplied numerous hours of prayer, in addition to what little meals he might scavenge, to forestall his fellow troopers from ravenous to demise, although he himself died in captivity on Might 23, 1951. His stays have been discovered and positively recognized by way of DNA testing in 2021, after being listed as MIA for 70 years.
For his actions on the Battle of Unsan, Kapaun was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2013. Pope John Paul II declared him a Servant of God, the primary stage on the trail to canonization, and in 2015, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita formally introduced Father Kapaun’s Trigger for Canonization to the Vatican, making a robust case for his recognition as a saint within the Roman Catholic Church. If permitted, he can be the primary male saint born within the U.S. and the Patron Saint of POW-MIAs.
Mentioned Trimax’s Glazer in a press release to Deadline, “John Stansifer has devoted the final 15 years to this venture and is extraordinarily keen about telling the story of Father Kapaun. His screenplay is crammed with a lot details about the Korean Battle and the braveness of Father Kapaun. As a storyteller I’m thrilled to lastly have the ability to share the lifetime of Father Kapaun and his heroic actions in the course of the Korean Battle – now not the battle that Hollywood has forgotten about.”
Pic’s director, Campanelli, famous that “Father Kapaun was an unbelievable man of religion and braveness. Once I first heard about this story I used to be instantly captivated, and the considered making a film about him has been with me for years. When John and Alan introduced me a script and requested me to direct it, I used to be honored and instantly all-in.”
Added writer, screenwriter and producer Stansifer, “As audiences can see from his in depth work with Clint Eastwood, Stephen Campanelli not solely has a tremendous eye, he’s an unbelievable storyteller. For his half, Alan Glazer has been an enormous advocate of this story from the primary day we met, and I’m excited to companion with Trimax on this. Father Kapaun’s story is highly effective as a result of it says a lot about religion, braveness and the ties that bind us all collectively as human beings.”
A longtime veteran of Eastwood’s crew, who has labored with him as second unit director and/or digicam and Steadicam operator — together with on his forthcoming Warner Bros pic Juror #2 — Campanelli’s directing credit embrace the coming-of-age comedy Drinkwater, Nicolas Cage thriller Grand Isle, and the motion thriller Momentum with Olga Kurlyenko, James Purefoy and Morgan Freeman, amongst different initiatives.
A veteran of Mosaic Media who labored alongside founder Charles Roven for an prolonged interval, Glazer launched the L.A.-based shingle Trimax in 2013, increasing the corporate with the administration division, Ignited Administration, in 2022. Beforehand, he’s served as an government producer for titles together with the sci-fi horror pic Open Grave starring Sharlto Copley, the Nicolas Cage-led fantasy Season of the Witch, Tom Tykwer’s crime actioner The Worldwide starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, Jason Statham thriller The Financial institution Job, and the mockumentary Dwell! with Eva Mendes. Glazer has additionally co-produced 2008’s Get Good with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, in addition to a number of movies within the Scooby-Doo franchise, and served as an affiliate producer on the movies Three Kings and Metropolis of Angels.
Stansifer is represented the place his guide is worried by WME, and by Ignited Administration for every part else. Glazer is repped by Pierce Regulation Group.
