Michael Zimbalist and Jeff Zimbalist (The Two
Escobars) will write and direct an yet Untitled
biopic about sports icon Pelé says Deadline.
The story follows his rise to glory from impoverished youth in Brazil to a soccer prodigy who led soccer-mad Brazil to its first-ever World Cup title in 1958. His teams ultimately won three World Cup titles. He is regarded as the greatest football
player of all time by many fans and pundits. He scored 1,281 goals in a career
spanning 1,363 games.
Brian Grazer, Ivan Orlic, Kim Roth and Dany
Wolf are producing the film.
Production is slated to begin in August.
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