Actor
Ben Foster has signed on to play the lead in boxing drama 'Harry Haft'.
The feature, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, will tell the story of a boxer who survived Auschwitz by being forced to fight fellow prisoners in the concentration camps in ghoulish gladiatorial battles.
According to a report, the script has been adapted by Justine Juel Gillmer from Alan Scott Haft's book about his father, 'Harry Haft: Survivor Of Auschwitz, Challenger Of Rocky Marciano'.
Levinson will also produce the feature alongside New Mandate Film's Matti Leshem , Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Sosnoff and Scott Pardo.
Foster, 38, most recently appeared in the 'Leave No Trace' and Melanie Laurent's 'Galveston'