Sylvester Stallone is set to both
direct and star opposite Star Wars' Adam Driver in the upcoming adaptation of
Travis Mill's bestselling memoir Tough as They Come.
The film tells the true story of U.S.
Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, who during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan
was caught in the blast of an IED. Amazingly, Mills managed to survive, and
became one of only five soldiers from the war to survive a quadruple amputation.
At the center of the story is Mills relationship with his father-in-law, who
stood by his side from the day he got home from the hospital. Driver will play
Mills, while Stallone will play his father-in-law Craig Buck.
The project does not yet have a home,
but Deadline reports that Fox is a strong possibility.
Here's the official synopsis for
Mills' Tough As They Come:
"Thousands of
soldiers die each year to defend their country. United States Army Staff
Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when,
during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast
four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at
a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.
Suddenly forced to reconcile with
the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future
drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never
again be able to lead his squad, hold his wife’s hand, or pick up his infant
daughter.
Travis struggled through the
painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength
to live his life to the fullest. With enormous willpower and endurance,
the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis
shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still
swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to
school.
Travis inspires thousands every
day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as
wounded. "I’m just a man with scars," he says, "living
life to the fullest and best I know how."
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