Friday, May 10, 2013

Zimbalist Boys Will Chart Pelé Biopic

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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