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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Shirley MacLaine Teaches "Men Of Granite"

Shirley MacLaine is negotiating to star in the true life tale "Men Of Granite" says Deadline.


The story follows a group of poor 1940s high school boys from Slavic and Armenian backgrounds who rose above bigotry in a small town in Illinois by becoming basketball state champions.

MacLaine would play the role of Sophia Prather, a schoolteacher who watches over her boys with a steely eye, takes no guff and prods the boys into getting out of their broken-down neighborhood gymnasium and onto the high school court.

  and also star.

directs the film from 's script.

Valerie McCaffrey will produce the film.

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