Filmmaker Billy Ray has signed on to write and direct Universal Pictures' HURRICANE SEASON, based on an upcoming documentary by Franklin Martin titled "Walking on Dead Fish," says The Hollywood Reporter. Mark Gordon and Martin are producing.

HURRICANE SEASON will tell the true story of the football team at East St. John High School, near New Orleans. The team struggled with integrating displaced students from surrounding high school teams, trying to help rebuild their community after Katrina while fighting to become champions on the field.