Disney fields Loeb pitch for Cooper (THR, VAR)
By Nancy Tartaglione
Disney has bagged an untitled baseball pitch from screenwriter Allan Loeb that will star Bradley Cooper. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the dramedy centers on a baseball player who, after suffering an injury, has to go back to the minors where the only place he can find lodging is in a senior citizens' home. There, he meets an old baseball guru who helps lead him back.
The project, from "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" writer Loeb, will be produced by Andrew Panay with Loeb and his Scarlet Fire Entertainment partner Steven Pearl.
Story idea comes from Panay and colleague Adam Blum. The project is said to be in the vein of "Scent of a Woman" and "The Rookie."
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