Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters Of 'The Fighter' To Co-Write Leicester City Film

PAUL TAMASY and ERIC JOHNSON, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of The Fighter and who also penned the upcoming Boston Marathon bombing pic Patriots Day, "have found a new project to kick around," according to Patrick Hipes of DEADLINE. They are "set to write a screenplay" with Goal: The Dream Begins scribe ADRIAN BUTCHART about Leicester City, the club which despite 5000-to-1 odds won the English Premiere League title. SIMON EGAN and GARETH ELLIS-UNWIN of Bedlam Productions (The King’s Speech) "are producing with Butchart’s Knightsbridge Films." The film will focus on striker JAMIE VARDY, "who four years earlier had been working in a factory before joining Leicester City." The title run "is considered one of the most improbable ever in the sport." Tamasy and Johnson, whose credits also include Disney’s The Finest Hours, "are repped by" CAA, the Gotham Group, 42 and attorney GEORGE DAVIS (DEADLINE, 7/27).