ESPN the Movie? Tell-All Book About Network's Early Days May Get Feature Treatment: "The recent book by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller "ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun"--a revealing oral history of the groundbreaking sports network--may be turned into a feature film, reports SportsNewser.According to a story by Deadspin.com, a major Hollywood studio is ready to invest in a film about the creation of ESPN, something like "The Social Network," which depicted Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook from inception to media revolution.Whether the ESPN book will be made into a feature film is still to be determined, with some experts saying it might be better suited as a miniseries for TV.On today's "The Dan Patrick Show" on DirecTV's Audience Network, the host speculated on who could play some of the ESPN characters. Among of the names bandied about: James Gandolfini as Chris Berman, Paul Giamatti as Tony Kornheiser, and Jeffrey Wright as Michael Wilbon.
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