ROBERT PATTINSON, ZAC EFRON AND LOUIS TOMLINSON ARE UP TO STAR IN JAMIE VARDY FILM
Exclusive: film producer and writer Adrian Butchart have agreed on some exciting new oscar-winning partners for his project about Vardy and Leicester which is gathering pace Big hitters are committing to a box office film about Leicester and Jamie Vardy despite their final day reverse. The Foxes missed out on the top.
Big hitters are committing to a box office film about Leicester and Jamie Vardy despite their final day reverse. The Foxes missed out on the top four and the Champions League on the last day for the second successive season.
A 4-2 home loss to Spurs saw Vardy and Co end fifth after being in the top four for 242 days this term. But the side paraded the FA Cup after the final whistle amid memorable scenes at the King Power Stadium with fans back.
Behind the scenes, plans for a box office movie about Leicester and former non-league striker Vardy continue.
LA-based Brit Adrian Butchart , a producer and writer , has agreed to make the movie with the Oscar-winning producers of The King’s Speech Gareth-Ellis Unwin and Simon Egan and their company Bedlam Productions.
Fellow Oscar-nominated duo Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, who wrote The Fighter, will also be involved in scripting. Butchart wants to make another football movie after writing the scripts for the first two films in the ‘Goal’ trilogy.
He has since held talks with Vardy after his incredible rise from factory worker to Premier League title winner in 2016.The star added another fairytale after lifting the FA Cup by beating Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley courtesy of Youri Tielemans’ screamer.
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has endorsed the idea saying of Vardy: “His story is so unique. It is definitely a movie later in life isn’t it.”Under Rodgers, the Foxes finally lifted the FA Cup after losing their four previous finals, the last 52 years ago.