Jack Thorne And Tom Harper To Work On “The Aeronauts”

 

Deadline has relayed news that Jack Thorne was inked a deal to collaborate with Tom Harper for The Aeronauts, a true-life period drama said to revolve around two enthused hot air balloonists who scaled higher than anyone else in the 19th century.

Both Thorne and Harper are currently in possession of a spec script, meaning this project won’t be ready to fire up production anytime soon. The search for producers is currently underway.

Marking the third collaboration between Thorne and Harper, news that both have signed on for The Aeronauts is exciting in and of itself. Tom Harper’s credits also include episodes of Peaky Blinders and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death for Hammer. As for Thorne, earlier in the year we caught wind that the award-winning scribe had agreed terms to work on an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.