Marine veteran and star actor Adam Driver has officially been cast as Air Force combat controller and Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman in an upcoming feature film.

Chapman, who was killed in action in Afghanistan during March 2002’s harrowing Battle at Takur Ghar, was first recognized with the Air Force Cross prior to the award’s 2018 upgrade to the Medal of Honor.

In 2021 it was announced that actor Jake Gyllenhaal would play Chapman in the prospective film “Combat Control.” Subsequent script issues and studio changes, however, left the project in flux for years.

Now, the film is slated to be helmed by director Ron Howard, who will move ahead with the project under the title, “Alone at Dawn,” according to Deadline.

The film is based on the best-selling book of the same name by

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