The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection is a non-fiction biography.It was written by American author Joyce Smith, alongside contributor Ginger Kolbaba.

[1] In 2018, 20th Century Fox announced plans to produce a movie adaptation of The Impossible, titled Breakthrough, working with director Roxann Dawson, executive producer Samuel Rodriguez and producer DeVon Franklin, who has worked on other faith drama titles such as Miracles from Heaven and Heaven Is for Real.

In March 2018, it was announced that actor Topher Grace would star as Pastor Jason Noble, and first responder Tommy Shine would be portrayed by Mike Colter.

[3] Actress Chrissy Metz of NBC's This Is Us starred as Joyce Smith.

[4] Other lead roles include Josh Lucas, Sam Trammell, and Marcel Ruiz.