We all surely remember the chilling tale of the USS Indianapolis, as told by Robert Shaw in Steven Spielberg's Jaws. For those of you who don't, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese in shark-infested waters in July 1945 during World War 2. Of the 1,196 crew on board only 316 survived, as the rest succumbed to dehydration, drowning or vicious shark attacks. It's a horrifying story and will surely make a great drama now that the talented Robert Downey Jr has signed on to produce. Robert Schenkkan (HBO's The Pacific) has been tapped to write the script and no director has been signed as of yet. The film is said to focus on the story of Hunter Scott, a young man that researched the incident and discovered some huge mistakes in it's historical documentation.
