on  august  it was announced that europacorp was developing a film based on the  k- kursk submarine disaster and that martin zandvliet had been hired to direct the film from a script by robert rodat based on robert moore’s  book a time to die "kursk" would have been zandvliet’s first english-language film on  january  it was reported that zandvliet was no longer attached and that europacorp had hired thomas vinterberg to direct the film