Director Peter Weir is in talks to helm Fox 2000's
Shadow Divers, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The story revolves around two of the world's foremost deep-sea wreck divers who discover a sunken U-boat 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Despite considerable danger, the young divers risk their lives in their obsession to identify the submarine over the period of six years.
Weir also is in final negotiations to produce the film.