Gal Gadot will star as Warsaw Ghetto heroine

Gal Gadot and her husband Yaron Varsano have formed Pilot Wave, a production company, and have announced that their first project will be a fact-based thriller set in the Warsaw Ghetto called Irena Sendler, the website Deadline reported. Gadot will star as the title character in a gripping, true story of a courageous social worker who created an underground network during the Nazi occupation of Poland to save 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Sendler was honored by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. Arrested and tortured by the Gestapo in 1943, she managed to conceal information about the thousands of children in hiding. She was sentenced to death but activists bribed officials to release her. The movie will be made for Warner Bros., and Gadot and Varsano will produce with Marc Platt. The screenplay will be written by Justine Juel Gillmer, who just wrote the Holocaust-themed film, Harry Haft. The upcoming movie stars Ben Foster as a man who survived the concentration camps by boxing against fellow inmates. Gadot will be starring in the Kenneth Branagh's adaption of Agatha Christie's novel, Death on the Nile, with Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie and Russell Brand. In addition, she will appearing in the upcoming Showtime limited series Hedy Lamarr, in which she plays the famed actress/inventor. Sarah Treem, who co-created The Affair with Hagai Levi, is writing the series. View this post on Instagram Pilot Wave is taking off! I'm so excited this is finally out. @jaronvarsano and I have been working on this for quite some time and I just CAN'T wait to bring to life all the amazing stories we're working on with all of our wonderfully talented partners. ... ... “As producers, we want to help bring stories that have inspired us to life. Pilot Wave will create content that promotes the perspectives and experiences of unique people and produce impactful stories aimed at igniting the imagination.” A post shared by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot) on Oct 11, 2019 at 12:52pm PDT

Gal Gadot will star as Warsaw Ghetto heroine

The movie will be made for Warner Bros, and Gadot and Varsano will produce with Marc Platt.

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Gal Gadot will star as Warsaw Ghetto heroine

The movie will be made for Warner Bros, and Gadot and Varsano will produce with Marc Platt.

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