--- description: A survivor of the Boston Marathon bombings is to receive the silver screen treatment with a film in the works about his remarkable story. title: Boston Bombing: Hollywood Eyes Film Based on Survivor Jeff Bauman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec3882a6c347059f/69869bbef983e7f6aa04ecff/169607916.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hollywood Eyes Film Based on Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor's Story by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 5:29 AM CUT  Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman threw out a ceremonial first pitch on May 28, 2013, at Boston's Fenway Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies played the Red Sox in a regular-season baseball game. Boston Marathon bombing victim Jeff Bauman threw out a ceremonial first pitch on May 28, 2013, at Boston's Fenway Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies played the Red Sox in a regular-season baseball game.Jim Davis—The Boston Globe/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 5:29 AM CUT A gutsy survivor of the Boston Marathon bombings is to receive the silver-screen treatment with a film in the works about his remarkable story. Jeff Bauman lost both his legs to the twin explosions while he was waiting for his girlfriend to complete the race. He penned a book, _Stronger_, about what occurred that fateful day and his long road to recovery. According to [the](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-story-718512 "undefined")[ _Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-story-718512 "undefined"), Lionsgate won the deal to develop the picture and brought in Mandeville Films to produce. The project will be an adaptation of Bauman’s book_,_ which he wrote alongside best-selling co-author Bret Whitter. Three big names who worked on the Oscar-nominated feature _The Fighter_ — Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman and Scott Silver — are producing the film, and actor John Pollono will take on writing the adaptation in his first feature-length project. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two pressure-cooker bombs exploded just seconds apart from each other as scores of runners were crossing the finishing line in Boston on April 15, 2013. A manhunt ensued for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and he was apprehended four days later. His brother and fellow suspect Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-story-718512 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2984080/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-jeff-bauman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2984080/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-jeff-bauman/"},"headline":"Hollywood Eyes Film Based on Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor's Story","datePublished":"2014-07-15T05:29:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:08:51.979Z","description":"Three of the names behind the Oscar-nominated film The Fighter have reportedly signed on to produce a movie about Jeff Bauman","url":"https://time.com/2984080/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-jeff-bauman/","keywords":["movies","Hollywood","Terrorism","films","Dzhokhar Tsarnaev","Boston Marathon bombing"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec3882a6c347059f/69869bbef983e7f6aa04ecff/169607916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec3882a6c347059f/69869bbef983e7f6aa04ecff/169607916.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeff Bauman Throws First Pitch At Fenway Park","caption":"Jeff Bauman Throws First Pitch At Fenway Park","creditText":"Jim Davis—The Boston Globe/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2984080/boston-marathon-bombing-survivors-jeff-bauman/","name":"Hollywood Eyes Film Based on Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor's Story"}}]}] ```