Pele: The Movie

[Motterman]

From DarkHorizons.com:

Pelé, The Athlete of the Century: Cinema em Cena reports that the life and career of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Brazillian soccer superstar Pelé is about to hit the big screen. The National Cinema Agency (Ancine) has given approval to Director Anibal Massaini (1997's "The Bandit") and Oscar-winning writer José Roberto Torero ("A Soccer History") to work on this R$ 2.7 million budget flick expected to begin shooting late next year.

[ruudboy]

About time!

[halfnelson31]

will it be availble in america and in english?

[greatscott]

better yet, will it be available in AmericAN and English..
yes i meant to say american..

[Excape Goat]

so if it will be avaible in American, who will play Pele?? Will Smith??? Denzel Washington??? So it will be about a small boy from the street of Brazil grew up to be the star player for the NY Cosmos? On the way, he happened to win the WC three times(edited out due to the duration of the field). Andrew Shue should get a part. :)

[Wolves_67]

Originally posted by Excape Goat
so if it will be avaible in American, who will play Pele?? Will Smith??? Denzel Washington??? So it will be about a small boy from the street of Brazil grew up to be the star player for the NY Cosmos? On the way, he happened to win the WC three times(edited out due to the duration of the field). Andrew Shue should get a part. :)
By who's making it and the small budget, you can be sure it will have no name American actors in it.
That's not saying that it won't be great but just that the budget is not one that could hire any name actors unless they did it for love of the project.
Here's the story on another site:
http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/archive/fullnews.cgi?newsid1040416846,34939,

[Excape Goat]

I was joking.

[Wolves_67]

Originally posted by Excape Goat
I was joking.
LOL.. good..It's hard to tell sometimes at BS.

[usscouse]

Originally posted by Excape Goat
so if it will be avaible in American, who will play Pele?? Will Smith??? Denzel Washington??? So it will be about a small boy from the street of Brazil grew up to be the star player for the NY Cosmos? On the way, he happened to win the WC three times(edited out due to the duration of the field). Andrew Shue should get a part. :) I believe Mel Gibson has the part of Pele.
Silvester Stalone wanted it but was refused because he got himself typecast as a goalie.
Because of her hispanic name Jaylo is the romantic interest and Michael Kane plays the part of his manager.

[Excape Goat]

Scene #1: A young Brazil boy kicking a tin can or a home-made soccer ball somewhere in Brazil..... he accidently found a beat-up magazine. In it, he saw a photo of NYC. He said to myself: "Someday, I will move away from this ghetto and live in the United States..... the land of the free and home of brave."

Scene #2: He made the Santos team and was selected by the Brazilian NT.

Scene #3: After winning the 1958 WC, Pele was seen weeping in the locker room. The whole world knew his name, but no one in the US does!!!!!

Scene #4: Pele won his third WC..... he was about the retire. But his dream was not fullfilled.

Scene #5: Pele has nightmares all the time in his retirement. Something is missing..... he wanted to play in the US.

Scene #6: At a boardroom in Corp America, they decided to bring Pele out of retirement and to MLS(due to MLS sponsorship).

The movie begins....

Scene #7: The 40 year old Pele showed up at Metrostars training camp. He found the team full of misfits. The head coach is an alcoholic.... his former teammate is now working for the powerful and hated LA Galaxy. He also had a beautiful daughter who works as the GM and eventually falls in love with Pele.

Scene #8: The Metrostars falls apart....

Scene 9: Pele brings the team together.... it beats LA Galaxy in the MLS Cup Final.

Scene 10: Pele becomes an American citizen.... selected by the US National team.

Scene 11: Pele as the US Captain hweeps as the National anthem is played before the US plays Portugal in the first match WC 2002.

[Labdarugo]

Originally posted by Excape Goat
Scene #1: A young Brazil boy kicking a tin can or a home-made soccer ball somewhere in Brazil..... he accidently found a beat-up magazine. In it, he saw a photo of NYC. He said to myself: "Someday, I will move away from this ghetto and live in the United States..... the land of the free and home of brave."

Scene #2: He made the Santos team and was selected by the Brazilian NT.

Scene #3: After winning the 1958 WC, Pele was seen weeping in the locker room. The whole world knew his name, but no one in the US does!!!!!

Scene #4: Pele won his third WC..... he was about the retire. But his dream was not fullfilled.

Scene #5: Pele has nightmares all the time in his retirement. Something is missing..... he wanted to play in the US.

Scene #6: At a boardroom in Corp America, they decided to bring Pele out of retirement and to MLS(due to MLS sponsorship).

The movie begins....

Scene #7: The 40 year old Pele showed up at Metrostars training camp. He found the team full of misfits. The head coach is an alcoholic.... his former teammate is now working for the powerful and hated LA Galaxy. He also had a beautiful daughter who works as the GM and eventually falls in love with Pele.

Scene #8: The Metrostars falls apart....

Scene 9: Pele brings the team together.... it beats LA Galaxy in the MLS Cup Final.

Scene 10: Pele becomes an American citizen.... selected by the US National team.

Scene 11: Pele as the US Captain hweeps as the National anthem is played before the US plays Portugal in the first match WC 2002.

LOL! Hooray for Hollywood!

[Gilstar10]

I always thought why there wasn´t a movie about a football player´s life... when there sooooooo many footabll players very interesting to show in a good movie.
My question is if this movie about Pele´s life is a Hollywood movie.

[Thunderpac]

For what it's worth, 2.7M Brasil Real is about US$760,000.

[usscouse]

Originally posted by Gilstar10
I always thought why there wasn´t a movie about a football player´s life... when there sooooooo many footabll players very interesting to show in a good movie.
My question is if this movie about Pele´s life is a Hollywood movie. Nah! Life is a beer commercial.

[Excape Goat]

It is low budget movie.... but if it becomes big, Hollywood might do an American version of it just they did with "Vanilla Sky". Then, I will sell my story to Hollywood.

[The Double]

If we Americans have something to say about the movie, Brad Friedel will be the scene stealer in the movie with some witty one-liners.

[Excape Goat]

Let's take it this way. The posposed Senna movie was never filmed. Instead, Silvester Stalone made "Driven" in its place.

[ROM2]

biopics tend to detract from the real thing judging by those on Bruce Lee and Cassius Clay - hey, maybe Eddie Murphy can play Pele'.