The book, from Flatiron Books, documents the true story of Doaa Al Zamel, a mother of two fleeing Egypt for Sweden by boat.
The adaptation is set up at Paramount Pictures and will be produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot and Spielberg’s Amblin Partners.
Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham (Girls, Camping) will be writing the adaptation of Melissa Fleming’s nonfiction story A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival for co-producers Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams, Variety has confirmed.
Dunham has appeared onscreen in Girls, American Horror Story, Tiny Furniture, and This Is 40.