Columbia is prepping a big-screen adventure based on the true story of captain Richard Phillips' capture by four Somali pirates earlier this year, and Billy Ray is pretty much set to write the script. Cool!

I say cool because I dig Ray's work. I really enjoyed his last directorial effort "Breach," and I enjoyed "State of Play" and "Flightplan," which he worked on as a screenwriter. He's now rewriting "Motorcade."

Anyway, the film follows Richard Phillips, who surrendered to pirates after his ship was hijacked back in April. After an escape attempt went wrong, Navy SEALS killed three pirates and successfully rescued Phillips.

Columbia has bought Phillips' life rights and the upcoming memoir, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Five Dangerous Days." Michael DeLuca, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti and Scott Rudin will produce.

Source: Variety