Source: Hollywood Reporter

Universal Pictures has acquired HURRICANE SEASON, a post-Hurricane Katrina drama from producers Mark Gordon and Franklin Martin, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The pitch is based on an upcoming documentary that Martin wrote, directed and produced titled "Walking on Dead Fish." "Fish" and "Season" will tell the true story of the football team at East St. John High School, located just outside New Orleans.

The team struggled with integrating displaced students from surrounding high school teams and tried to help rebuild their community following Katrina. Martin, a former NBA agent-turned-filmmaker, read about the team and decided to turn their story into a documentary, which he worked on during the past five months. When he showed his Gersh agents some rough footage, it was decided that he would turn it into a feature pitch. Mark Gordon took to the story and brought it to Universal.