SEAN SWABY: At least Ghana will get something out of their off-the-pitch trainwreck of a Brazilian World Cup: potentialy living forever on the big screen.
American company Bugeater Films is attempting to take the bizarre happenings of last summer to Hollywood.
Ghanaian players famously refused to train until they were given £1.8 million in bonuses on the eve of their pivotal match against Portugal, with a spot in the knockout stages of the tournament on the line. SulleyMuntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng were also dismissed from the team for internal disciplinary reasons.
Darryl Wharton-Rigby, who has been brought on to write the script, has big thoughts for its big-screen potential.
Per the BBC World Service (h/t Mirror) he said:
It's very much truth stranger than fiction. Football and the players needing the money is kind of the backdrop to the story.
But it's really about the journey of the guy who actually is entrusted to deliver the money and what happens if he doesn't get it there in time.
I saw footage of the police cars taking the money on the highway and you can just see that scene playing out in your mind with someone like Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson as the guy having to save the day. You can see all kinds of mayhem happening on the highway.
It's 50-50 as to whether it will get made, we're still at the early stages so we're going to take it one step at a time. It's a fascinating story and I think audiences internationally would really take to it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment