Brazilian football legend Pelé passed away at the age of 82 on December 29, 2022. The sad news came less than two weeks after Lionel Messi held aloft the trophy at the Qatar 2022 Word Cup, eliminating any doubt that he deserves his place in the conversation about who is the greatest footballer of all time. Yet for some, the Emir's insistence on honoring the Argentine captain with the traditional bisht was an unwelcome reminder of the controversial venue for the tournament, while his compatriot Diego Maradona's legacy will always be tainted by the "Hand of God." Meanwhile, Pelé remains synonymous with the world's favorite sport at its most exuberant and uninhibited.Although it's been over 50 years since he last played for the Seleção, Pelé in the brilliant gold and blue of Brazil at the 1970 World Cup, embracing a teammate and punching the air with joy, is one of football's most iconic images.
- 1/2/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
The director of Blake Lively’s shark thriller The Shallows, Jaume Collet-Serra, is set to helm a remake of the classic 1981 sports movie Victory for Warner Bros.
For those of you not familiar with Victory, it starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and international soccer star Pelé. John Huston directed the original film and here’s what it’s about:
The head of a German Pow camp, soccer enthusiast Karl von Steiner (Max von Sydow) organizes a match between Nazi players and their Allied captives. Orchestrated as a way to push the Third Reich agenda, the high-profile game is set to feature an international team led by John Colby (Michael Caine), a veteran British player. While the team, which also includes Luis Fernandez (Pelé) of Trinidad, trains for the match, Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) plans a dangerous mass escape from the camp.
I haven’t seen or even...
For those of you not familiar with Victory, it starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max von Sydow and international soccer star Pelé. John Huston directed the original film and here’s what it’s about:
The head of a German Pow camp, soccer enthusiast Karl von Steiner (Max von Sydow) organizes a match between Nazi players and their Allied captives. Orchestrated as a way to push the Third Reich agenda, the high-profile game is set to feature an international team led by John Colby (Michael Caine), a veteran British player. While the team, which also includes Luis Fernandez (Pelé) of Trinidad, trains for the match, Robert Hatch (Sylvester Stallone) plans a dangerous mass escape from the camp.
I haven’t seen or even...
- 3/14/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra will direct “Victory” at Warner Bros., a remake of the uplifting sports movie of the same name which starred Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Pele, an individual with knowledge of the project exclusively told TheWrap.
Gavin O’Connor and Anthony Tambakis wrote a draft of the script in 2017. Tambakis is now doing a rewrite.
Gianni Nunnari and Bernie Goldmann are producing.
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The remake centers on the Nazi forces’ world-class English soccer coach John Colby, a Pow with a history of trying to escape, effort to put together a team of other Pow soccer stars for a game against the German national team in front of Hitler in occupied Paris. When given the opportunity to escape during the game, the players must decide whether to humiliate the Nazis in the...
Gavin O’Connor and Anthony Tambakis wrote a draft of the script in 2017. Tambakis is now doing a rewrite.
Gianni Nunnari and Bernie Goldmann are producing.
Also Read: 'The Dark Knight' Trilogy Returning to IMAX Screens in 70mm for Special Engagement
The remake centers on the Nazi forces’ world-class English soccer coach John Colby, a Pow with a history of trying to escape, effort to put together a team of other Pow soccer stars for a game against the German national team in front of Hitler in occupied Paris. When given the opportunity to escape during the game, the players must decide whether to humiliate the Nazis in the...
- 3/12/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Dan Cooper Aug 30, 2016
Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and a good chunk of Ipswich Town Football Club? It can only be Escape To Victory...
These are strange days indeed for fans of the beautiful game - never before has unbridled hope been so freely mixed with jaded cynicism in the sport we love. The result? A jarring draught indeed, a football concoction that is dizzyingly exhilarating yet morosely taxing, much like the homemade ‘bathroom cocktails’ that my sister used to dare me to drink as a child, odd-tasting brews made from shaving foam and perfume that put hairs on my seven-year old chest whilst presumably lopping years off my life.
That paradoxical blend of fair and foul will be familiar to anybody that follows football these days. International minnows Wales have been running roughshod over half of Europe, and Leicester’s unstoppable charge to the Premiership title against all five thousand...
Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and a good chunk of Ipswich Town Football Club? It can only be Escape To Victory...
These are strange days indeed for fans of the beautiful game - never before has unbridled hope been so freely mixed with jaded cynicism in the sport we love. The result? A jarring draught indeed, a football concoction that is dizzyingly exhilarating yet morosely taxing, much like the homemade ‘bathroom cocktails’ that my sister used to dare me to drink as a child, odd-tasting brews made from shaving foam and perfume that put hairs on my seven-year old chest whilst presumably lopping years off my life.
That paradoxical blend of fair and foul will be familiar to anybody that follows football these days. International minnows Wales have been running roughshod over half of Europe, and Leicester’s unstoppable charge to the Premiership title against all five thousand...
- 8/18/2016
- Den of Geek
In 1989, composer John Colby sat down on his piano and created a tune that would become a theme song for millions of sports fans across the U.S. Now the iconic "da da da, da da da" SportsCenter tune is the topic of Espn’s very own American Idol-style face-off with musicians competing to re-create the catchy ditty. Story: NFL Draft Prospect Michael Sam Comes Out; Hollywood, Athletes Applaud His Decision The SportsCenter Fan Jam is a new social program that invited bands of drastically different genres to put their own twist on the tune, and starting Monday, fans can vote for their favorite rendition
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- 2/10/2014
- by Debbie Emery
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Food is the archetypal First World problem. While some parts of the world starve and other parts are turned inside out by our demand for low-cost and low-fuss supplies of exotic and increasingly refined foodstuffs, the West is growing increasingly alienated and distant from the things that it eats.
When the snow ended and the great glaciers rolled back to reveal a planet changed and changing, humans adapted to their new environment. For hundreds of generations, humanity tended the earth and lived on what it could coax from its depths and its surfaces. We shaped the vegetal and the vegetal shaped us just as our relationships with animals changed our minds and our bodies as part of an on-going process of adaptation and evolution. We shaped the animal and the animal shaped us, trade and disease made us what we are. But then our skill at tending the animal and...
When the snow ended and the great glaciers rolled back to reveal a planet changed and changing, humans adapted to their new environment. For hundreds of generations, humanity tended the earth and lived on what it could coax from its depths and its surfaces. We shaped the vegetal and the vegetal shaped us just as our relationships with animals changed our minds and our bodies as part of an on-going process of adaptation and evolution. We shaped the animal and the animal shaped us, trade and disease made us what we are. But then our skill at tending the animal and...
- 8/24/2011
- by Jonathan McCalmont
- Boomtron
With all of the excitement swirling around during Comic-Con this year, many fans missed the news that director Stephen Hopkins and Circle of Confusion are interested in developing John Layman and Rob Guillory's critically acclaimed "Chew" into a television series.
For those who aren't reading "Chew," the series focuses on Tony Chu, an Fda agent who gleans psychic information from anything he eats with the exception of beets. In other words, chewing on a murder victim's corpse could lead to a big break in the case. It's not the most glamorous ability in the world, but it absolutely makes for a compelling read.
Although it's very early in the proposed television adaptation's life, we're giving "Chew" the Secret Identity treatment anyway. Read on for our dream cast!
Ken Leung as Tony Chu
Many fans have expressed their interest in seeing Ken Leung play Chu, and it's hard to disagree with...
For those who aren't reading "Chew," the series focuses on Tony Chu, an Fda agent who gleans psychic information from anything he eats with the exception of beets. In other words, chewing on a murder victim's corpse could lead to a big break in the case. It's not the most glamorous ability in the world, but it absolutely makes for a compelling read.
Although it's very early in the proposed television adaptation's life, we're giving "Chew" the Secret Identity treatment anyway. Read on for our dream cast!
Ken Leung as Tony Chu
Many fans have expressed their interest in seeing Ken Leung play Chu, and it's hard to disagree with...
- 9/17/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Splash Page
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