Film for Lionel Messi
Barcelona star Lionel Messi, will soon have a movie which will describe his life and career.
The company "Epic Pictures" has already bought the rights of the biography "Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who BECAM a Legend", the author Luca Caioli, Variety reports, and it is expected to turn it in the film project.
Studio executives, Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, are currently meeting with potential screenwriters and directors, the movie is expected to be ready before the World Cup, which starts on 12 June 2014 in Brazil.
The film will reportedly focus to tell the story of a young Argentine who comes from a poor family to overcome the short length of the body to become one of the greatest soccer.
"The goal is to create a strong and positive film which will help public and feel inspired to follow their dreams no matter how impossible they may seem," said Ewald.