Aaron Taylor-Johnson
On March 13, 2015, Sony Pictures purchased the rights of "The Seven Five" documentary with Yann Demange set to direct and Scott Frank writing the script. On January 25, 2018, Craig Gillespie was hired to direct instead of Demange. On December 16, 2020, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took over the film adaptation documentary with Ben Stiller set to direct from a Tony McNamara script and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in talks to portray Dowd.