Filmmaker Billy Ray will tell the true story of the football team at East St. John High School, near New Orleans in bigscreen.
The Hollywood Reporter says, Ray has signed on to write and direct Universal Pictures' Hurricane Season, based on an upcoming documentary by Franklin Martin titled Walking on Dead Fish.
The story follows the team struggled with integrating displaced students from surrounding high school teams, trying to help rebuild their community after Katrina while fighting to become champions on the field.
"It's about something that I love, which is this idea of what sports can do to a community," Ray said. "In this case, it's a team that came together to both literally and figuratively rebuild the city around it. I find that completely compelling."
