Bruce Beresford to direct THE WHITE MOUSE

The White Mouse to be directed by Bruce Beresford, a biopic on Australian war hero Nancy Wake

Peter Glover and Sue Milliken are producing the The White Mouse while Beresford is arranging funding and casting, reports Variety.

Wake died this past weekend at age 98 and was Australia's most decorated servicewoman, having worked with the French Resistance to save fallen Allied airmen in France. Wake has already been the subject of a mini series in the 1980s as well as books and was an inspiration for Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett.

A start date in the middle of 2012 is being eyed.

Beresford recently confirmed his next job for Banjo and Matilda, another flick about a real-life Australian hero - bush poet Banjo Paterson, which is being backed by Screen Australia.