LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — 2929 Entertainment co-owner and CEO Todd Wagner announced today that the company has optioned the story "Task Force Faith" by Julie Precious and hired John Milius ("Apocalypse Now," "Clear and Present Danger") to adapt it into a full length feature film. The film, which will be titled THE CHOSIN FEW, is a passion project for Wagner, who will produce.

THE CHOSIN FEW will tell of the Chosin Reservoir Battle early in the Korean War where a group of undertrained and ill-equipped U.S. Army soldiers fought back against the surprise attack of over 100,000 Chinese troops. The Chinese troops had surrounded a mere 15,000 U.S. Marines and 2,500 U.S. Army soldiers on different sides of the Chosin reservoir. After several furious days of fighting in sub-zero temperatures, the heroic actions of the U.S. soldiers allowed the Marines to battle their way out.

"For many years, these U.S. Army troops were thought to have ’cut and run’ and were shunned for cowardice while the Marine troops received a Presidential Unit Citation but, over the years, a group of survivors and historians fought to shed a light on what really happened during this battle," says Wagner. "This is an extraordinary and powerful story about a ’forgotten war’ and a piece of our nation’s history, and I am proud to be a part of the team bringing this to life."

Milius is a writer and director who worked on such legendary films as "Jeremiah Johnson" (writer), "The Wind and The Lion" (writer/director), "Jaws" (writer), "Big Wednesday" (writer/director), "Apocalypse Now" (writer), "Conan the Barbarian" (writer/director), "Red Dawn" (writer/director), "Farewell to the King" (writer/director) and "Clear and Present Danger" (writer).

Precious, who is an Army veteran and former Korea analyst, is currently an employee with the Department of Defense in Washington D.C. She participates in creative projects on a freelance basis in an unofficial capacity. She is also completing a documentary on the 31st Regimental Combat Team battle.

Wagner will produce THE CHOSIN FEW with Marc Butan, president of 2929 Productions, and with Kent Kubena, who is overseeing the development of the project for 2929. Precious will serve as associate producer.

About 2929 Productions

2929 Productions is a Los Angeles-based film production and financing company whose recent films include George Clooney’s "Good Night, And Good Luck," which received 6 Academy Award® nominations, including one for Best Picture and Doug Atchison’s "Akeelah and the Bee," a co-production with Lionsgate, starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett and Keke Palmer. Upcoming 2929 films include "Turistas" directed by John Stockwell and starring Josh Duhamel and Melissa George which will be released on December 1 by Fox Atomic; the comedy "Fast Track" directed by Jesse Peretz and starring Zach Braff, Jason Bateman, Mia Farrow and Amanda Peet which will be released by The Weinstein Company; James Wong and Glen Morgan’s horror film "Black Christmas" starring Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Katie Cassidy and Oliver Hudson which will be released on December 25 by Dimension Films and James Gray’s "We Own The Night" starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes and Mark Wahlberg which will be released by Universal. 2929 Productions is part of a vertically-integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban that also includes distributor Magnolia Pictures, home video division Magnolia Home Entertainment, the Landmark Theatres chain, production company HDNet Films, and high-definition cable networks HDNet and HDNet Movies.