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Universal buys rights to Lone Survivor for Berg to direct

Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Lone Survivor, true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell's wartime experiences in Afghanistan.The studio is understood to have beaten out several bidders for rights to the book, which is currently in the top five on the New York Times' non-fiction bestseller list.Peter Berg, who directed Universal's upcoming terrorism thriller The Kingdom with ...

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