Sony Pictures Picks Up J.D. Dillard’s Korean War Pic ‘Devotion’ Starring Jonathan Majors & Glen Powell

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired the rights to the historical war epic “Devotion,” from director J.D. Dillard(“Sweetheart”) and starring Jonathan Majors (Da Five Bloods, Lovecraft Country) and Glen Powell (“Hidden Figures”).

Set in 1950, as the Cold War looms, Majors and Powell play Jesse L. Brown and Tom Hudner, elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots who form a firm friendship that is tested on the battlefield when one of them is shot down behind enemy lines.

Dillard will direct from a screenplay written by Jake Crane and Jonathan A. Stewart with revisions by Dillard and based on the book by Adam Makos.

“Devotion” is being produced by Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill for Black Label Media (“La La Land,” “Sicario”), who are also fully financing. Sony Pictures will distribute in North America. STX International, a division of ErosSTX, is handling international distribution on film, as well as directly distributing in the U.K. and Ireland.