Real quick now, according to Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Studios has bought the film rights to WAR HORSE based on the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, that tells the tale of a boy and a horse, who are separated, but whose fates continue to be intertwined over the course of World War I. Billy Elliot scribe Lee Hall has been hired by the studio to write the adaptation. The Indiana Jones team Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall will produce along with Revel Guest…
Here’s the official synopsis of the book…
“In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western Front. With his officer, he charges toward the enemy, witnessing the horror of the battles in France. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey’s courage touches the soldiers around him and he is able to find warmth and hope. But his heart aches for Albert, the farmer’s son he left behind. Will he ever see his true master again?”
