Joltin' Joe Biopic Coming to Big Screen.AMERICA can't seem to get enough of Joe DiMaggio Noun 1. Joe DiMaggio - United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio . Just weeks after the baseball icon (or at least a thinly disguised version) got the small-screen treatment in "Blonde," based on Joyce Carol Oates' account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, DiMaggio is coming to the big screen thanks to producer Larry Gordon Larry Gordon (born July 8, 1954 in Monroe, Louisiana, died July 3, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American football linebacker who played seven seasons in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins. . Gordon has hired veteran writers Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele ("Nixon") to adapt Richard Ben Cramer's biography "Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life," which Gordon optioned before its publication last October. The much-publicized tome shocked fans with its controversial depiction of DiMaggio as a surly misanthrope Misanthrope exposes frivolity and inconsistency of French society (1600s). [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] See : Frivolity . But that is just one aspect of his life that the movie will touch on. Sources said DiMaggio's relationship with Monroe will be the center of the story. No word yet on casting, but Wilkinson and Rivele have a history of attracting top talent to their scripts. Anthony Hopkins Noun 1. Anthony Hopkins - Welsh film actor (born in 1937) Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Hopkins played Nixon for them and director Oliver Stone Noun 1. Oliver Stone - United States filmmaker (born in 1946) Stone , and Will Smith will be seen in their upcoming "Ali." |
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