German helmer Robert Schwentke is to direct 20th Century Fox' action-thriller
Runaway Train, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows a rail company's frantic efforts to stop an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train carrying enough combustible liquids and poisonous gas to wipe out a nearby city.
The feature is inspired by real-life events of a few years ago, when a runaway freight train carrying thousands of gallons of toxic acid hurtled along nearly 70 miles of track with no one aboard, threatening about 50,000 people.