Lombardi’s Legacy on Espn celebrates legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi in a one-hour special hosted by Chris Berman on Thursday, June 6. Joining Berman in studio is Mike Ditka and former Green Bay Packer Jerry Kramer. Packers legend Bart Starr is also scheduled to be interviewed. Press release from Espn below: Espn’s Lombardi’s Legacy Special to Air June 6 One-Hour Special Hosted by Chris Berman to Celebrate Legendary Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi Espn will commemorate the coaching legacy and accomplishments of Vince Lombardi with a one-hour special entitled Lombardi’s Legacy hosted by Chris Berman on Thursday, June 6, [...]
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- 6/4/2013
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Robert De Niro is attached to play legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in "Lombardi" for Espn Films, Andell Entertainment and the NFL.Eric Roth ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") will write the script, which will focus on the coach's career during the years he transformed the Green Bay Packers from the worst team in the NFL into five-time champions. The script will be based on Lombardi.s life story rights, which were acquired through his estate and Vincent Lombardi Jr., as well as the book "Instant Replay" written by former Packer Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap.De Niro will produce alongside his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal and Chris Olsen. According to Variety, the producers are hoping to release the...
- 3/10/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
It's looking likely that Robert De Niro will make a movie player this year where he will play legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. What's the flick's title? Lombardi, naturally.
De Niro is a virtual certainty to make the movie as he's also a producer on the film through his Tribeca Productions company. Benjamin Button screenwriter Eric Roth has been hired to write the screenplay which will be based on Lombardi's life story rights and the material found in Instant Replay, a non-fiction book written by former Packer Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap. Espn Films is also involved as a producing company with Tribeca.
The makers want to capitalize on the best time of the year for football fans to be amped to see this one, so they've already announced that they would like to release the movie the week between the Afc and Nfc Conference Championships and...
De Niro is a virtual certainty to make the movie as he's also a producer on the film through his Tribeca Productions company. Benjamin Button screenwriter Eric Roth has been hired to write the screenplay which will be based on Lombardi's life story rights and the material found in Instant Replay, a non-fiction book written by former Packer Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap. Espn Films is also involved as a producing company with Tribeca.
The makers want to capitalize on the best time of the year for football fans to be amped to see this one, so they've already announced that they would like to release the movie the week between the Afc and Nfc Conference Championships and...
- 3/10/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Robert De Niro has already won one Oscar playing legendary boxer Jake Lamotta in "Raging Bull," can he win another as the firey Green Bay Packers icon Vince Lombardi? Is a casting coup for fledgling Espn Films, De Niro has agreed to play the championship football coach in the new motion picture "Lombardi." Based on the book "Instant Replay" written by Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap, the film will center on the formative years Lombardi took the Packers from worst team in the NFL to five-time league champions. Eric Roth, who collaborated with De Niro on "The Good Shepherd" but is...
- 3/9/2010
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
De Niro as Lombardi: Robert De Niro is attached to play coach Vince Lombardi in a biopic being developed by Espn Films with the script being written by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump). The film will focus on the years that Lombardi rebuilt the Green Bay Packers into gridiron NFL champions. The producers plan to release the film between the Afc and Nfc conference championship games and the Super Bowl in 2012. Espn and Andell Entertainment acquired life rights to Lombardi's story from his estate and son Vincent Lombardi Jr., as well as the rights to the book "Instant Replay," written by former Packer Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap. [Risky Business]
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- 3/9/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The name Vince Lombardi might not exactly be a cultural touchstone over here, but the name Robert De Niro certainly is. The actor has just got himself attached to a biopic of Lombardi – a legendary coach in the sport of American Football. Or, as we like to call it, Rugby With Lots Of Extra Pauses And Wimpy Body-Armour.Benjamin Button writer Eric Roth has penned a script that will focus on Lombardi’s time with one NFL team in particular – the Green Bay Packers, which he reworked into a trophy-grabbing team of champions. Espn films and the NFL itself are behind this one, snatching up the man’s life rights as well as former Packers player Jerry Kramer’s book about the period, Instant Replay.“There are few actors who could accurately portray the fire, passion and grit of Lombardi, and we’re thrilled to have Robert De Niro on our team,...
- 3/9/2010
- EmpireOnline
Robert De Niro has signed to play legendary football coach Vince Lombardi in Espn Films' big screen feature Lombardi. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Munich, Benjamin Button, The Insider) penned the script. The National Football League is involved in the project, which means we probably won' see anything controversial in the movie (steroids, alcohol). I don't know a lot about football, but looking at photos of Lombardi, you can certainly see how De Niro would be cast in the role. Risky Business says the plan is to release the film between the Afc and Nfc conference championship games and the Super Bowl in 2012. The film will focus on Lombardi's Green Bay Packers years, although Espn acquired the entire life rights to Lombardi’s story from his estate, as well as the rights to Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap's book Instant Replay. For those of you who don't know about Vince Lombardi,...
- 3/9/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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