Billy Bob pitches in.
July 18th 2009 08:51
Billy Bob Thornton (Courtesy IMDB)
The nonfiction tome looks at a 2003 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, taking readers into the mind and dugout of Cards skipper Tony La Russa.
Thornton, known to be a vocal Cardinals fan, will join Red Bird Cinema managing director John Loar in producing the picture. Writer-actor Kevin Pollak, La Russa and Bissinger will executive produce.
Thornton is known primarily as an actor and director, though he did produce one movie, the Tex-Mex romance "All the Pretty Horses," which he also directed.
Baseball projects like "Moneyball" have had a rough time in Hollywood of late, but the project's producers say they think "August" offers a refreshing take on the subject.
"There are a lot of baseball movies out there, and a lot of them are based on the won-loss component," Loar said. "What this does is go inside the day-to-day happenings of the locker room and how a manager thinks about all the decisions he has to make. It's going to be challenging, but Billy Bob has a good handle on it."
Loar said he's hopeful that if the appropriate writer and director are brought on board, the project could shoot as early as next year.
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