TV Rights to Sons and Soldiers Land with eOne

Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired the TV rights to the book Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler by Bruce Henderson.

Sons and Soldiers is about young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America and returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory. Eric Tuchman (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set to write the project, which will be directed by David Ayer (Bright, Suicide Squad).

Ayer will also produce with Chris Long under their Cedar Park Entertainment banner with Storyby Entertainment. eOne recently announced first-look deals with both Cedar Park and Storyby Entertainment. eOne will be the studio and distribute the project.