http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_en_ot/us_de_niro_lombardi
BRISTOL, Conn. – Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming
movie.
ESPN announced Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning actor has agreed to play
the Hall of Fame coach in the film it is developing with Andell Entertainment
and the NFL.
"Lombardi" will chronicle the years in which he transformed the Green Bay
Packers from the NFL's worst team to league champions. It is tentatively
scheduled to be released in 2012 during the weekend between the conference
championship games and the Super Bowl.
Screenwriter Eric Roth, who won an Oscar for "Forrest Gump," has also signed on
to the project. De Niro's Tribeca Productions will join the producing group. A
director has yet to be chosen.
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