The movie was in pre-production, but was pulled due to funding concerns a few years ago. The timing seems right now, though, with C/S/S legal issues just concluded, with all pleading or found guilty. Barry Levinson to direct.
The movie will apparently just be about the fall of Paterno. Its not a life story, only the Shakespearean fall from grace.
I can imagine that they will attempt to portray him somewhat sympathetically, showing an old man coming to terms with his life's great failing. The Cult will hate anything less that a saintly portrayal; any sense that he was a flawed human being like the rest of us will be unacceptable, so they will hate it, even if he is portrayed somewhat sympathetically.
And I read that the delay has allowed them to rewrite and improve the script. And with C/S/S all going to jail, they should feel on safer ground telling it like it is.
The movie will apparently just be about the fall of Paterno. Its not a life story, only the Shakespearean fall from grace.
I can imagine that they will attempt to portray him somewhat sympathetically, showing an old man coming to terms with his life's great failing. The Cult will hate anything less that a saintly portrayal; any sense that he was a flawed human being like the rest of us will be unacceptable, so they will hate it, even if he is portrayed somewhat sympathetically.
And I read that the delay has allowed them to rewrite and improve the script. And with C/S/S all going to jail, they should feel on safer ground telling it like it is.