You couldn't write this script.
How many times did you hear Martin Tyler profess that excitedly during the home run stretch of the Premier League last year?
Leicester's fairytale was an incredible story. We know that. It was magical, it was almost not real. It was so ridiculous you wouldn't even see it in a movie.
Except now, you will.
Oscar-nominated screenwriters Briton Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Fighter) have been hired to produce the movie of Leicester's amazing run to the title. The film is going to focus on Jamie Vardy's rise from a factory worker to the Premier League champions' top goal scorer.
This is more than a sports film, it's a once-in-a-lifetime story about the fulfilment of impossible dreams and the strength of the human spirit.
It's also a hell of a lot of fun. I'm extremely excited and proud to be a part of it.
Given that the story itself was so magical and entertaining, you'd wonder how much creative license the screenwriters are going to take. There's still no information about when the project will start, or when casting will begin.
As long as Claudio Ranieri is played by Morgan Freeman we'll be ok. Can you imagine that voice?
The one thing you need to know about Andy Dusfresne, is dilly-ding dilly-dong.
You read that in Morgan Freeman's voice didn't you?
[BBC]
