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ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun Movie Updates

ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun Movie Updates

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Movie About ESPN's Early Days Adds Author James Andrew Miller To Team from Deadline

The long-gestating film about the early days of ESPN has added James Andrew Miller as screenwriter, Focus Features confirmed.

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  • A father and son max out their credit cards to scrape together the cash to reserve a satellite transponder so they can show sporting events nonstop on a 24-hour station. Their venture turns from a 1970s joke that starts with broadcasts of Australian rules football and rodeo, to a dominant brand in the sporting world that broadcast pro football and baseball games and becomes arguably the most profitable cable network ever created.

Fox to Bring 'ESPN' to Bigscreen from Variety

Fox is developing a feature film adapation to ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun and has set the project up with Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Julie Yorn.

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  • ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) launches in 1979 with an eclectic mix of sports coverage including Australian Rules Football and rodeo with 24-hour programming. The cable network eventually becomes the worldwide leader in sports programming.

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