Sony, Overbrook acquire 'American Can' rights

May 20, 2009 Sony Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have picked up the movie life rights to an ex-Marine who orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Standing a 6-foot-seven and 260 pounds, John Keller, the ex-Marine, lived in a five-story apartment building and after chasing some looters, emerged as the man in charge of the edifice and of the 244 residents, many of them elderly or handicapped. For five days, Keller, dubbed the "Can Man," kept the building, isolated by 11 feet of water, safe from the chaos raging around the city.

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