'The Hollywood Reporter' has confirmed that Lena Dunham is bringing a Syrian 
refugee story to the big screen for co-producers Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams.
The 'Girls' creator will pen the adapted screenplay for 'A Hope More Powerful Than 
the Sea,' a novel by Melissa Fleming that tells the survival journey of a young 
Syrian refugee who, along with her two children, had to flee Egypt by sea for a better life 
in Sweden. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are 
co-producers on the Paramount Pictures project. Dunham recently ended her 
long-time producing partnership with fellow Camping writer and executive producer 
Jenni Konner before their joint overall deal with HBO for their A Casual 
Romance Productions banner expired. 'Camping,' the Jennifer Garner-starring 
comedy which debuted on HBO on October 14, was the first TV series for Dunham 
and Konner since their work on 'Girls' ended with its six-season run in 2017.
On the acting front, Dunham is starring in Quentin Tarantino's ‘Once Upon a Time 
in Hollywood,' and also starred in FX's ‘American Horror Story' for its seventh season.
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for The Hollywood Reporter News, I’m Neha Joy. 
