The 59-year-old "Jump!" helmer will also write and produce the biopic titled "A Rose in Winter," said The Hollywood Reporter.
The film will tell the life story of Edith Stein, who, after years of fighting for women's rights in Germany, was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1942.
George Edde, Max Keller and Micheline Keller will produce for Keller Edde Studios.
"This is both an extraordinary story and a remarkable screenplay that recounts the life of one of the most important heroines in Judeo-Christian history.
Cast of the film has not been finalized yet, but Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has joined the project.
Stein is the first and only Jewish patron saint of Europe.
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