Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner’s life story is one that was made for Hollywood. An undrafted free agent that worked as a grocery clerk to make ends meet who goes onto football fame, making the most of his opportunities along the way.
Well, Hollywood is finally getting around to making that Warner biopic. Lionsgate has employed the writer of Friday Night Lights on the project which is currently named “American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story.”
“American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story” will be the next film from the Erwin Brothers, Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin, and their Kingdom Story Company banner. The movie will be fast-tracked for production by Lionsgate and slated for wide release on December 18, 2020. Casting is underway now for the film, including for leads Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda Warner.
“American Underdog” will follow the life story of Warner from a young man stocking shelves at a supermarket and undrafted free agent in the NFL to how he became a two-time NFL MVP quarterback for the St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants.
Warner played most of his career in St. Louis, where he took the Rams to back-to-back Super Bowls, winning one. His stint with the New York Giants was short — just a year — but it was an integral nine-game one that bridged the gap for the Eli Manning era. He then took the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final minute on an impossible catch by Santonio Holmes.
Warner has always been a positive guy, a family guy and role model. A film of his life is long overdue. No word on who might play Warner, or any other real-life character, in the project.
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