After helping the Fast & Furious 7 team finish the film following the sad death of his older brother Paul, Cody Walker is taking on his own first proper role. He’ll be part of the crew for **USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage.
Mario Van Peebles is aboard to direct this one, with Nicolas Cage is starring as Captain Charles Butler McVay, who was in charge of the ship during a mission to supply parts for the atomic bomb when Japanese torpedoes sank it in July 1945. Approximately 300 of the 1196 crew went down with the ship and the remaining 880 faced dehydration, exposure and shark attacks while awaiting rescue. Only 321 were ultimately plucked from the water, and of those just 316 survived.
McVay ended up court-martialled, but thanks to the research of Hunter Scott, who 1996 was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws to write a report about the vessel and her ill-fated crew for a History Day competition, he was exonerated.
Hannibal Classics is producing this one, with Cam Cannon and Richard Rionda Del Castro providing the script. The filmmakers are looking to get out ahead of Robert Downey Jr., who has a competing project about the tragedy gearing up with Tate Taylor attached to direct.