The 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster which involved Liverpool football fans, and in which 39 people died, is to be made into a film. Hundreds of people were injured when a wall collapsed at the stadium in Brussels, Belgium, after fighting between rival fans before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.
The aftermath saw English clubs banned from European competition for five years with Liverpool serving an extra year's suspension.
The film is based on the novel In the Crowd by French author Laurent Mauvignier which follows fans from England, Belgium, France and Italy on the day of the game.
Jean Baptiste Babin, from BackUp Films, told Screen magazine the story was "very strong in terms of European identity".
It will be directed by French film-maker Jean Stephane Sauvaire whose last film, Johnny Mad Dog in 2008, was about child soldiers in Africa.
