John Grishamit’s the novel Playing for Pizza is getting a film adaptation from the director Jason Moore (Shotgun wedding) AND Nick Santora (Reacher) for Skydance Sport.
Playing for Pizza is a different kind of story for Grisham, as it tells the story of third-string quarterback Rick Mastro, the pariah of the football world after one of the worst performances in NFL history.
“Excluded from his team and with no options left, Rick gets a job as starting quarterback for the Parma Panthers in the Italian Football League. The Panthers desperately want an NFL winner.
“But they got Rick instead. Now, lost in the land of fine wines, extremely small cars and American football, Rick must find a way to lead his unlikely underdog team to victory.
Sounds like a fun sports story! Moore will direct the film and Santora will write the screenplay Jesse Sisgold, Jason ReedAND Don Granger producing for Skydance Sports, along with Marco Ciardi (Invincible, American underdog) AND Campbell McInnes for selected films.
Moore recently signed on to direct a live-action/CGI Rugrats film, based on the classic Nickelodeon cartoon, for Paramount.
Source: deadline
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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