[ESPN] LOS ANGELES — Al Pacino will play Joe Paterno in a movie about the late Penn State football coach.
Producer Edward R. Pressman confirms Brian De Palma will direct “Happy Valley,” the tentative title of the film, based on Joe Posnanski’s best-seller “Paterno.”
“‘Happy Valley’ reunites the ‘Scarface’ and ‘Carlito’s Way’ team of De Palma and Pacino for the third time and I can’t think of a better duo to tell this story of a complex, intensely righteous man who was brought down by his own tragic flaw,” Pressman said in a statement. No start or release dates were given for the film.
Bro’s. September 7th, we told you. Why is everyone going ape tits about this now? We’ve gotten about 25 tweets about this today. We know. We knew for months. We’re first for that kind of stuff. You think we wouldn’t be all over Pacino playing Paterno in a movie? That’s TSP gold right there.
Carry on.
