Coen Brothers to Rewrite WWII Drama ‘Unbroken’ for Angelina Jolie

As we wait for the next directorial effort from Joel and Ethan Coen to hit theaters sometime this year after CBS Films acquired it earlier this month, the brothers will keep busy as a writing duo again. The two scripted the remake of Gambit, and now THR reports the Coen Brothers will rewriter the adaptation of Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand’s book of the same name, which has Angelina Jolie attached to direct. The project set up at Universal follows Olympian Louis Zamperini who became a prisoner of war in World War II after his plane crashed in the Pacific, forcing him to endure near starvation and dehydration, shark attacks, enemy fighters and more for 47 days. And that’s just the beginning of his struggles. More below! After barely surviving all those elements, Zamperini washed on the shore of a Japanese island behind enemy lines and was held prisoner for two years, tortured by his captors. This sounds like an Oscar winning drama …