US EditionWarner Bros. Developing Kobe Bryant Movie
The film explores the New Jersey Nets' attempt to draft Kobe Bryant with the eighth pick, a key moment that changed NBA history, with Warner Bros. acquiring the screenplay pre-auction.
- Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the spec screenplay 'With the 8th Pick' about Kobe Bryant's 1996 NBA draft journey, focusing on his selection by the Charlotte Hornets and trade to the Lakers.
- The story delves into the drafting decisions behind the scenes, focusing on Nets GM John Nash who held the eighth pick and coach John Calipari’s strong desire to select Kobe Bryant—an event that might have significantly altered NBA history.
- Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen wrote the script, described as a mix of 'Moneyball' and 'Air', and the project is connected to producers from Religion of Sports and Star Thrower Entertainment.
- Kobe Bryant, a Lakers legend who played 20 seasons and won five championships, died in a January 2020 helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna.
- This film project provides a fresh and nuanced take on Bryant's early NBA entry, distinct from previous works, and aims to engage fans without involving Bryant's family or prior controversies.
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A Kobe Bryant Movie Is In The Works About His Drama-Filled Draft Day
Source: Derick E. Hingle / Getty While professional athletes continue to go the vlogging, podcasting, and docuseries route, things are going a bit differently now that it’s time to tell Kobe Bryant’s story. According to Variety, Warner Bros Pictures got its hands on a script based on a dramatized story of how Bryant joined the Los Angeles Lakers. The script was written by screenwriters Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen and is tentatively titled, Wi…
New Kobe Bryant movie in the works: Warner Bros. secures script
Warner Bros. Pictures is set to bring the story of NBA legend Kobe Bryant to the big screen. The studio has snapped up a spec script about Bryant’s dramatic entry into the NBA. They will focus on the intense draft day saga that shaped his career. THE FILM The screenplay, titled With the 8th Pick?, was penned by Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen. The tale centres on Bryant’s journey during the 1996 NBA Draft, a pivotal moment in basketball history. K…
Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant Biopic Gets Major Update, Plot Reveal
Warner Bros. Pictures has reportedly acquired the rights to a biopic based on the life of the late, great Kobe Bryant, which will cover his journey to joining the Los Angeles Lakers.According to Variety, the script, tentatively titled “With the 8th Pick?,” will document the behind-the-scenes happenings at the 1996 NBA Draft, where Bryant was selected No. 13 overall by the Hornets (and traded to L.A.). However, the story will be told from the poi…
Report: Warner Bros. at Work on a Kobe Bryant Film
Sometimes, the lives of world-famous athletes can become the stuff of compelling film and television. In the world of basketball, we’ve seen this through the drama Shooting Stars, about LeBron James’s high school team, and the television show Winning Time, about the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1970s and 1980s. All of which means that it isn’t terribly shocking to hear that a film currently in development would revisit the life of the late Kobe Bry…
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