Sam Shepard is attached to star in
Descending From Heaven: The Strange and Extraordinary Tale of Claude Eatherly, A-Bomb Pilot, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Sandy Smolan is to direct the $10 million period biopic will recount the story of the pilot who flew the reconnaissance B-29 that gave the OK to drop the bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. Shepard will play the pilot's father, who eventually had to commit his son to a veteran's psychiatric hospital.
"It's one of the great untold stories," said Smolan, who first read about Eatherly 18 years ago. "He was one of the top pilots in the Air Corps, an all-American Texas hero. It's a dark comedic tale about the bomb and personal responsibility."