John Patton Ford Writing To Direct Netflix Drama On Union Spy Whose Hijacking Of Confederate Locomotive Hastened Civil War’s End

EXCLUSIVE:John Patton Fordis writing to direct an untitled film forNetflixwith21 Lapsproducing.

Ford wrote and directed the Aubrey Plaza starrerEmily the Criminal.

The six surviving raiders became the first to receive the Medal of Honor, awarded by Abraham Lincoln.

John Patton Ford, ‘Stealing The General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor by Russell BondsGetty

The caper also would be the historical basis for Buster Keatons 1926 silent filmThe General.

The book deal was brokered by Hotchkiss Daily & Associates.