Published on Thursday, December 7, 2006 - 10:15am
Because We Need Another Inspirational Football Movie!! Here comes THE EXPRESS!!
Merrick again...
Dennis Quaid will star as the man who coached Ernie Davis -- the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. Davis has yet to be cast. The film will be directed by Gary Fleder, a veteran television director (HOMICIDE, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, KISS THE GIRLS).
Charles Leavitt ("Blood Diamond") wrote the latest draft of the script.
...says the Hollywood Reporter article HERE .
THE EXPRESS joins other inspirational football movies like the recent INVINCIBLE and the forthcoming WE ARE MARSHALL . I think it's about time for a really depressing football movie...equal time and all.
Reader Talkback
first by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:39:35 AM and on my first day as a
member by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:40:02 AM oooft, and second aswell by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:40:23 AM and third by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:40:37 AM jesus.....fourth aswell? by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:41:04 AM oh ok then by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:41:39 AM Dont knock football movies by godzillasushiDec 7th, 2006 10:45:50 AM Ernie Davis = by christophermoltosanteDec 7th, 2006 10:46:19 AM Ah but vikingkitty by godzillasushiDec 7th, 2006 10:47:23 AM How many times by vikingkittyDec 7th, 2006 10:47:37 AM crotch tartar by v for vienettaDec 7th, 2006 10:48:08 AM Express... to the dollar
theater. by Some DudeDec 7th, 2006 10:50:18 AM Gary Fleder by SporadicoDec 7th, 2006 10:59:27 AM this is one of the great
stories no one knows... by keyserSOZEDec 7th, 2006 11:24:12 AM Sporadico by GilkulieheDec 7th, 2006 11:29:28 AM football movies married Drago
and punched out Nielson by triplefiveDec 7th, 2006 11:37:17 AM Yay! by RibbonsDec 7th, 2006 11:53:47 AM I really hate how this is
become it's own genre now... by DanielKurlandDec 7th, 2006 11:56:33 AM actually... by keyserSOZEDec 7th, 2006 12:03:16 PM If Keanu can be an NFL QB,
Dennis Quaid can be a coach. by GibsonUSA ReturnsDec 7th, 2006 12:21:57 PM Why try? by fivecoatDec 7th, 2006 12:41:08 PM Dennis Quaid already has some
gridiron experience by JackRabbitSlimDec 7th, 2006 01:13:36 PM Enie Davis by MRJONZ72Dec 7th, 2006 01:13:51 PM you can't tell the Ernie Davis
story... by keyserSOZEDec 7th, 2006 01:32:17 PM Wasn't Clooney supposed to
make one of these? by Cruel_KingdomDec 7th, 2006 01:32:45 PM Last i checked, Clooney's
"Leatherheads" is still a go by JackRabbitSlimDec 7th, 2006 01:46:58 PM "football movies married Drago
and punched out Nielson" by Talkbacker with no nameDec 7th, 2006 02:09:32 PM ganymede by RibbonsDec 7th, 2006 03:28:20 PM if you want depressing
football by TheBaxterDec 7th, 2006 03:33:25 PM Simpson Leaked Scripts by EWSDec 7th, 2006 03:45:10 PM wow! by dopepopeDec 7th, 2006 03:46:39 PM If Dennis Quaid is in it... by jimmy_009Dec 7th, 2006 04:53:20 PM Inside the NFL... by Darth ThothDec 7th, 2006 07:05:11 PM There is a BOMB in Gary
Fleder's RIBCAGE!!! by AxeBoxDec 7th, 2006 07:55:25 PM Dennis Quaid by tbransonlivesDec 7th, 2006 10:31:43 PM They bought the ticket, i say,
let them crash by greekopaDec 10th, 2006 02:17:25 AM