A movie challenge centered round NBA famous person Kobe Bryant‘s journey to the Los Angeles Lakers has landed at Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen penned the spec screenplay for With the eighth Choose, which follows the high-stakes course of that led to Bryant getting drafted into the NBA in 1996. The challenge was producing excessive curiosity from different studios and streamers earlier than Warners stepped in preemptively to nab it. A director has not but been connected.
With the eighth Choose is claimed to give attention to the New Jersey Nets and then-general supervisor John Nash, who held the eighth choose within the draft and thought of taking Bryant out of highschool. The long run Corridor of Famer ended up being taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the thirteenth choose earlier than he was traded to the Lakers, the place he would win 5 NBA championships and turn out to be an icon of the town.
The challenge is described as having parts of Moneyball (which starred Brad Pitt), The Social Community and Air, Ben Affleck’s Matt Damon-starring pic that tracked the start of Michael Jordan’s now-legendary partnership with Nike. With the eighth Choose is claimed to element the pivotal course of throughout which barely totally different selections might have modified the NBA’s future.
Producers embrace Tim and Trevor White for Star Thrower Leisure and Ryan Stowell for Faith of Sports activities. Additionally producing is Gotham Chopra, who co-founded Faith of Sports activities with Tom Brady and Michael Strahan.
Bryant was a part of the legendary Lakers groups that included heart Shaquille O’Neal and coach Phil Jackson. Bryant died in a helicopter crash in 2020 at age 41, as did 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
Sohn can be writing Netflix’s deliberate John Madden challenge that hails from Faith of Sports activities. He’s represented by Verve and Lit Company. Johannensen is repped by Verve and Gotham.
The InSneider was first to report on the movie.