It’s a dramatic tale well-known to Israelis – and now it’s getting the Hollywood treatment. Heartthrob Chris Evans will be starring in the upcoming film Red Sea Diving Resort, which tells the story of the 1984 airlift of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel, Deadline reported. Relevant to your professional network? Please share on LinkedinIsraeli director Gideon Raff wrote the script and is also slated to direct the film. Raff is most famous for creating the wildly popular Hatufim – which was the basis for the US remake Homeland, on which he also serves as an executive producer.Raff previously sold the script – which has in the past gone by the names Operation Brothers and Operation Resort – to Fox Searchlight, but that production fell through.

Source: Ethiopian News March 23, 2017 05:39 UTC