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Skydance to adapt WWII unit preceding SEALs filmSkydance to adapt WWII unit preceding SEALs film

6/19/2026

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Skydance Sports is developing a film adaptation of *Scouts and Raiders: The Navy’s First Special Warfare Commandos*.
The project draws on John B. Dwyer’s 1993 non-fiction book about the WWII unit that preceded the Navy SEALs.
Mark Perez and Jason Filardi are attached as writers for the adaptation.
NFL producers Bill McGoldrick and Gary Shapiro, who introduced the book to the studio, are also producing.

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Story summary

Skydance Sports is developing a film adaptation of *Scouts and Raiders: The Navy’s First Special Warfare Commandos*.
The project draws on John B. Dwyer’s 1993 non-fiction book about the WWII unit that preceded the Navy SEALs.
Mark Perez and Jason Filardi are attached as writers for the adaptation.
NFL producers Bill McGoldrick and Gary Shapiro, who introduced the book to the studio, are also producing.