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'The Natural' Director Barry Levinson Swinging at Hank Aaron Biopic
3 April 2012 1:46 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Barry Levinson's 1984 film The Natural is widely regarded as one of the best sports movies of all time, and it might actually be the best baseball movie ever made. (Calm down, The Sandlot enthusiasts!) It's safe to say Levinson knows how to handle the genre, and like so many underdog sports heroes, it looks like the director is returning to the diamond for one more game. Variety reports Levinson is taking on a still-untitled biopic of baseball icon Hank Aaron, the man who bested The Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth's, home run record back in 1974 and held the title until 2007, when the steroid-infused Barry Bonds snapped the streak. More below! Based on Howard Bryant's book The Last Hero: The Story of Hank Aaron, the film will follow the famous right fielder's chase to beat Ruth's record during the 1972-1974 seasons. Adam Mazer, who worked with Levinson on »
- Ben Pearson
'Natural' Director Sets Hank Aaron Biopic
3 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Hank Aaron never blew up a light tower with one of his home runs, but that doesn't preclude him from the Hollywood treatment. Variety reports that Aaron's life story will get turned into a movie by Barry Levinson, the man famous for bringing Roy Hobbs and "The Natural" to the big screen.
Based on the book "The Last Hero: The Life Story of Henry Aaron" by Howard Bryant, the new film will focus on Aaron's career between 1972 and 1974 -- the years he was chasing Babe Ruth's home run record. That time period was a tough one for the Atlanta Braves star, as he received numerous death threats about supplanting Ruth as baseball's home run king.
Aaron ended the 1973 season one home run short of Ruth, and wouldn't break the record until 1974. He finished his career with 755 home runs and held the record for over 30 years, before being passed by »
- Christopher Rosen
Barry Levinson Returns To The Diamond With Hank Aaron Biopic
3 April 2012 11:20 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It seems the baseball movie is back in vogue in Hollywood. While the genre pics are generally well-received stateside, studios and the like have been reluctant to put too much money behind them in recent times, as the sport doesn't play well internationally, where box office dollars are more important than ever. But with Jackie Robinson getting the big-screen treatment courtesy of Brian Helgeland's "42," another giant of the game is stepping up to the plate.
Barry Levinson is set to direct a biopic of Hammerin' Hank Aaron in a forthcoming film. Of course, the ins and outs of the diamond are nothing new to the director, who helmed one of the all-time greatest movies of the genre, "The Natural." If you're just catching up, Hank Aaron was the all-time leader of home runs for years, dramatically breaking Babe Ruth's record on April 8th, 1974. His record has since been »
- Kevin Jagernauth
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "1912"
16 March 2012 1:04 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
The Vampire Diaries returned this week with a flashback, a beheading, a few brotherly bonding moments and one whopper of an ending.
What did you think of the trip back to 1912 and the events we witnessed in the present day? As always, our Round Table team of Matt Richenthal, Steve Marsi, Dan Forcella and Eric Hochberger is here to break down all the action. Won't you join in?
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: Probably the image of a blood-stained Stefan staring desperately at Elena after draining that poor woman in the alley. The look of shock on her face, of embarrassment on his, summed up by Damon's: Yeah. She's gonna need some time on that one.
Steve: It was more a collection of scenes: Damon's non-stop one-liners in the first half of the episode. Simultaneously helpful, hilarious and insulting, his interactions with Elena, Stefan and Rebecca were all priceless, »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
Barry Bonds -- Free to Swing 'Dangerous' Baseball Bats ... Again
7 February 2012 4:30 PM, PST | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
Barry Bonds has federal approval to pickup a "dangerous weapon" -- namely, a baseball bat -- thanks to a new court order.Bonds is appealing his sentence for felony obstruction of justice -- but for now he's free on a few conditions ... one of which is he cannot possess any "firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon."Barry must want to take some batting practice -- because according to docs filed yesterday ... a federal »
- TMZ Staff
Barry Larkin sole Baseball Hall of Fame inductee by Bbwaa in 2012
10 January 2012 5:22 AM, PST | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin is the sole player elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America for 2012. He received 495 out of 573 votes, which is 86%, well above the needed 75% for election. This was Larkin's third time on the ballot.
The ceremony will take place July 22 in Cooperstown, New York. Ron Santo, legendary Cubs third baseman who eventually lost both lower legs to diabetes, will also be inducted. Santo was voted in by the Veterans Committee back in December.
"I'm just incredibly, incredibly moved by this whole experience and so humbled by the experience and so excited about being the newest member of the Hall of Fame," says Larkin, in a conference call with the press.
Larkin was a 12-time all star, who won the Nl Mvp in 1995 and in 1996, became the first ever shortstop to have 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season. He helped the Reds win a »
- editorial@zap2it.com
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