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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 03:17 PM
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Upcoming Athlete Biopics!
Hollywood is still obsessed with sports, as these life stories of athletes now in production demonstrate.

Belichick On Belichick—In this rare, intimate look inside the mind of one of football's most enigmatic coaches, Bill Belichick stares unblinking at the camera lens for 210 minutes. Music by Diplo

Grand-Slammed—Günter Parche is a German tennis fanatic whose love for the sport is so intense that people want to hold him back. Follow the journey of one man's conquest over those who try to prevent him from stabbing Monica Seles

Dude, Where's My Medal?—The classic athlete biopic gets the buddy-comedy treatment as Michael Phelps and Tim Lincecum pair up in search of a gold medal Phelps lost after a night they'll never forget—if only they could remember it!

For What It's Werth—The story of outfielder Jayson Werth comes to life for no reason other than that some industry executive thought of the title

Always On The Outside—Director James Mangold desperately tries to paint Mark Price as an outsider and relate that to shooting three-pointers Admiral Of The Air—David Robinson's life story is reworked for Christian Laettner after Robinson drops out of the project for personal reasons

Harper—Film about former shooting guard Ron Harper that suggests it was Harper, not Michael Jordan, who led the Bulls to six NBA titles, quit basketball to play baseball, and clutched the championship trophy while crying about his dead father

Making The Babe—This prequel to the 1992 film about Babe Ruth follows the lives of Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. as they decide whether or not to have children

West Meets East—Tells the story of Jerry West's secret 20-year leadership of the Hong Kong crime organization the Triads, and how he juggled that role with a professional basketball career

http://www.theonion.com/articles/upcoming-athlete-biopics,18532/?utm_medium=promobar&utm_campaign=recirculation

Dude, where's my medal???? :rofl:
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 04:18 PM
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1. Don't forget, in "Belichick On Belichick"....
the costume department created five different dirty tattered hoodie sweatshirts for him to wear.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-10 04:20 PM
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2. And each one a masterpiece! nt
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