The true story of an Italian teenager who helped smuggle Jews over the Alps during World War II will be getting the Hollywood treatment – from the same team behind Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Sullivan's novel follows the real-life story of Pino Lella, an Italian teenager who joined an underground railroad during World War II. He helped Jews escape to freedom as Nazi forces closed in.

Naziki's family in Morocco has expressed their outrage over the incident, demanding justice and criticising Italian authorities for placing Dal Pino under house arrest instead of detaining her.

It is the story of a forgotten WWII hero. Pino Lella is a normal Italian teenager living an idyllic life in Italy, until bombs begin falling on Milan and word of Nazi atrocities begin to circulate.