Does Playing for Pizza have the makings to become another brilliant Grisham film?įrom : Third-string Cleveland Browns quarterback Rick Dockery becomes the greatest goat ever by throwing three interceptions in the closing minutes of the AFC championship game. No screenwriter has been found for the project yet, but Phoenix is looking to adapt it in a similar fashion to Zodiac and Martin Scorsese's currently in-production Shutter Island. The bestseller first hit bookshelves late last year and is being adapted by Phoenix Pictures ( The Thin Red Line, Holes, Zodiac). To say that Italy - the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance and football americano - holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.Another one of John Grisham's many novels is being adapted, and this time it's Playing for Pizza, one his few non-legal books. He knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is), has never been to Europe, and doesn't speak or understand a word of Italian. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers – at least until a better offer comes along – and heads off to Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a player from the home of American footballat their helm. Great says Rick – for which team? The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy.
Against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Overnight, he became a national laughing stock and, of course, was immediately dropped by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. In the deciding game at the climax of the season, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game.
The new novel from John Grisham, author of eighteen bestselling novelsRick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
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