Brit production powerhouse Working Title Films has picked up rights to the life story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini, the teenage Olympian refugee who dragged a dinghy of refugees to safety across the Aegean Sea. Working Title co-chairman Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will develop and produce a film version of her story alongside The Idol producer Ali Jaafar with Billy Elliot and The Reader helmer Stephen Daldry attached to direct the life-inspiring project.
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