Jolie to direct prisoner of war film

Angelina Jolie is to direct a film about former prisoner of war.

The 'Salt' actress is to work on 'Unbroken', a big-screen adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book 'Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption'. The tale is a true story about 1936 Olympics competitor Louis Zamperini, who served as a US Army Air Forces bombardier in World War II, survived a plane crash and lived on a raft for 47 days, before being captured and sent to a Japanese prison camp.