Charity fundraiser Captain Tom Moore signs film deal for biopic

The film-makers behind Fisherman’s Friends will dramatise the former British army officer’s ‘unique and inspiring story’

Captain Sir Tom Moore is getting the big-screen treatment. The life story of the centenarian, who raised more than £32m for the NHS by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden, will be shot next year.

The film will be made by Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures, whose credits include Fisherman’s Friends, about the Cornish fishermen who signed a record deal, and Finding Your Feet, starring Imelda Staunton.

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