Tony Scott still loves the '80s

By Adnan Tezer Oct 29, 2009, 18:05 GMT

Tony Scott is attached to direct a film about the rise and fall of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, the man who created Chippendales. He was eventually undone by excess and competition when the male strip clubs became a success in the 1980s.

Scott is no stranger to 1980s/early 1990s excess as he directed "Top Gun," "Beverly Hills Cop II, " "Revenge, " "Days of Thunder, " and "The Last Boy Scout. "

According to Variety, Scott and his Scott Free company will produce with David Permut's Permut Presentations and Firoz Nadiadwala.

The script will be written by Lisa Schrager, who will adapt a manuscript written by Rodney Sheldon.

The film is being financed from a private equity fund raised out of India by Permut.

The film will follow the rise and fall of Banerjee, who went from working at a gas station in Culver City to running a high-end nightclub that evolved into Chippendales. After hiring a New York choreographer to perfect the all-male dance troupe, Banerjee became wildly rich. He also developed an unhealthy sense of competition and paranoia.

Banerjee hired a hitman to murder the choreographer as well as two other ex-Chippendales dancers at the height of his paranoia. After being arrested, Banerjee hung himself in jail.

Scott is currently directing the Denzel Washington-Chris Pine film "Unstoppable" for 20th Century Fox.