Tom Brady would be the topic of The Patriot Means, a brand new scripted biopic collection in growth from the writers of The Fighter.
Tom Brady is taken into account to be one of many biggest NFL gamers of all time, and now that he’s retired (for good this time), he’s about to be the main focus of a scripted restricted TV collection.
Deadline reviews that Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, who wrote The Fighter, are creating The Patriot Means. The collection, which is predicated on 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Struggle for Redemption by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, will chronicle “Brady’s unbelievable rise from sixth-round NFL draft choose to his half-dozen Tremendous Bowl wins with the Patriots, the Aaron Hernandez, Spygate and Deflategate scandals and Brady’s battle of wills with head coach Invoice Belichick.” As Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are public figures, the writers say it’s going to permit them “the liberty to inform the story and not using a filter.”
The venture was first introduced again in 2017, however at the moment, it was being developed as a film.
“The New England Patriots dominated the skilled sports activities panorama for 20 years,” Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson mentioned in a press release. “Our collection will deliver the viewers inside Gillette Stadium, higher often known as Fortress Foxboro, to shed new mild on the thrilling, historic come-from-behind victories; the darkish facet of success; and constructing a tradition of successful in any respect prices.” This can mark the third time the 2 writers have tailored the works of Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. Sherman co-wrote The Best Hours, which turned the 2016 film starring Chris Pine, and Sherman and Wedge wrote Boston Robust, which turned Patriot’s Sport starring Mark Wahlberg, additionally launched in 2016.
In their very own assertion, Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge mentioned, “As journalists, we had a front-row seat for all of the unimaginable drama that has unfolded each earlier than and after the New England Patriots gained their first tremendous bowl [in 2001]. It’s a wealthy, character-driven story that most likely is not going to be duplicated in our lifetime.“