Last December, we reported that Warner Bros. had become interested in the fate of footballer Jamie Vardy and intended to make a feature film about him. As it became known to the information portal Deadline , Hollywood is preparing another project about the striker and his team Leicester City . The writers Paul Tamasi and Eric Johnson , for their work on the sports drama The Fighter, were nominated for an Oscar , along with Adrian Buchart (Goal ! ") Begin work on the text of the film about Leicester City - a football club that sensationally became the winner of the English Premier League in the 2015-2016 season, beating such legendary teams like Arsenal , Chelsea and Manchester United . According to the source, the central figure of the film will be the striker Jamie Vardy , who even managed to work in a factory before getting into Leicester City . In the season that ended, the striker managed to score in 11 matches in a row, thus setting a new record. In total, during the season, Vardy sent 24 goals to the opponents' goal and helped his team become the champion of the English Premier League . “This is more than just a sports movie. This is a life story about the fulfillment of unrealizable desires and the strength of the human spirit ", - noted Eric Johnson . The project will be produced by Simon Egan (The King's Speech) and Gareth Unwin (Zaytun). The Topic of Article: Fighter Jamie Vardy. |