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The film, to be shot next year, will be made by
Britain's Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures, whose credits
include "Fisherman's Friends", about a group of Cornish
fishermen who signed a record deal, they said in a joint
statement.
"This is a story about the power of the human spirit and Captain
Sir Tom personifies that," said Fred Films' James Spring and
Powder Keg's Nick Moorcroft.
Moore joked: "I don't know of any 100-year-old actors, but I'm
sure Michael Caine or Anthony Hopkins could do a wonderful job
if they were prepared to age up!"
The World War Two veteran made headlines in April by walking
laps of his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday during
the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising 39 million pounds
($50 million) for the National Health Service.
He broke two Guinness world records and was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth, but he has not rested on his laurels. He scored a No.
1 single, wrote an autobiography and is helping to set up a
charity.
"We received so many offers but what it boiled down to was
trust," his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said in the statement.
"The family are big fans of the films James, Meg (Leonard) and
Nick have written and produced and we hope that our story
connects with audiences in the same way their previous films
have done."
The film will dramatise how Moore's personal grief and horror of
war shaped his life and inspired him to keep walking, the
producers said.
"At a time of fear and uncertainty, 161 countries around the
world embraced the beacon of hope that Captain Sir Tom
provided," Spring said.
(Writing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise; Editing by Mike Collett-White)
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