By M&C Movie News Dec 12, 2007, 16:36 GMT
Boxing icon Rocky Marciano’s life will be hitting the big screen for the first authorized biopic on the legend.
Morris S. Levy's M.E.G.A Films picked up the rights to the boxer’s story from his family and will handle producing duties on the film – which was written by Terri Apple, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie’s plot will cover Marciano from his childhood in Brockton, Mass., to his 1969 death in a plane crash. Marciano’s boxing legend includes six heavyweight championships and 49 straight wins, 43 by way of knockout.
For the film, Levy and Apple received new information on the boxer from his younger brother, Lou. The film’s story (which was completed before the writers strike) will include a look at Marciano’s relationship with his wife and father.
The boxer’s family has stated they hope the new film will replace previous unauthorized films about Marciano – such as the 1979 ABC telefilm Marciano and the 1999 Showtime telefilm Rocky Marciano.
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