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Ronan Bennett wrote the script, which tackles white slavery. Oscar winner Russell Crowe is set to star in “ In Sand and Blood ” for IM Global, TheWrap has learned. It is unclear whether Crowe will direct the epic drama after recently making his directorial debut with “ The Water Diviner . Ronan Bennett wrote the script, which may be based on Dean King’s nonfiction book “ Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival .” Luc Roeg will produce, while IM Global’s Stuart Ford will executive produce. In 1815, an American brig, the Commerce, was wrecked on the desolate coast fringing the Western Sahara. Starving and dying of thirst, its 12 man crew were captured, stripped, beaten and enslaved, kept barely alive on camel blood and urine. Five were never to be seen again, the others sold to a succession of tribesmen who bought and bartered each man for as little as a tattered blanket. An Arab trader, Sidi Hamet, then bought Captain James Riley (Crowe) and some of his men, aiming

A passionate tale of the great lengths a father would endure to find his missing children. Review by @ErikaAshley In Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner - a film based on true events - opens with a Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) and his wife Eliza (Jacqueline McKenzie), struggling with their day to day lives four years after their three sons go missing in action during the bloody Battle of Gallipoli in 1915. Joshua Connor an Australian farmer and water diviner, continues to live his empty life while his wife struggles accepting the fact that their children are most likely deceased. Eliza swiftly takes her life out of grief and leaves Joshua devastated. After being left widowed, Joshua promises to seek out his missing sons to bring them back home to be buried next to their mother. He then ventures alone to Turkey, the last known location of the boys, and begins the voyage to find his sons. While on his mission Joshua comes across an inn in Istanbul where he meets a beautiful

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For THE WATER DIVINER on April 20th at 7:30 PM in Sacramento. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) makes his directorial debut on The Water Diviner , an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery. Crowe also stars in the film as Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. First we ask that you  Vote for us on the KCRA A List - Only takes a few minutes. Vote with your email, Facebook and Twitter account. And please share. See how to win tickets after the Jump... Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who have suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Dylan Georgiades), who finds a friend in

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For THE WATER DIVINER on April 20th at 7:00 PM in Las Vegas. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) makes his directorial debut on The Water Diviner , an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery. Crowe also stars in the film as Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. First we ask that you  Vote for us on the KCRA A List - Only takes a few minutes. Vote with your email, Facebook and Twitter account. And please share. See how to win tickets after the Jump... Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who have suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Dylan Georgiades), who finds a friend in C

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For THE WATER DIVINER on April 20th at 7:00 PM in Phoenix. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator) makes his directorial debut on The Water Diviner , an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery. Crowe also stars in the film as Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. First we ask that you  Vote for us on the KCRA A List - Only takes a few minutes. Vote with your email, Facebook and Twitter account. And please share. See how to win tickets after the Jump... Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who have suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Dylan Georgiades), who finds a frien