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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Saturday, December 10, 2011
According to Spencer Fordin of MLB.com, Legendary Pictures announced yesterday that Harrison Ford will play Hall of Fame Dodgers’ executive Branch Rickey in a biopic about Jackie Robinson.
Many prominent actors have been mentioned for the role of Rickey over the years, including Robert Redford this past April, but Ford was apparently their top choice. His work in “Cowboys and Aliens” probably put him over the top.
As for Robinson, he’ll be played by the relatively unknown Chadwick Boseman. The 27-year-old has appeared in television shows such as “Lincoln Heights” and NBC’s “Persons Unknown.”
The film, which is appropriated titled “42,” is being written and directed by Brian Helgeland of “L.A. Confidential” and “Mystic River” renown.
Shia LaBeouf will play Branch Rickey’s son who takes over the movie for no reason.
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it had too many lines
Bazinga.
You mean it's not about the former DePaul hoops star?
It is, but totally fictionalized. The guy playing him was some crazy German!
No, but I think this commercial deserved to be made into a movie.
Dr. Zhivago
Forrest Gump
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Citizen Kane
Born on the 4th of July
Prokofiev's soundtrack really puts John Williams into perspective. And I think Williams is a truly excellent composer, but....
Is Amadeus even a biopic?
As you say, hell no.
Maybe I have no vision for casting.
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