There was a point yesterday where Joe Paterno’s estate and Penn State fans probably felt cautious optimism for the first time in months, like they could, thanks to a diversion elsewhere, finally feel some pride in their team without outside scrutiny. Well that didn’t last long. Joe Paterno’s back in the news, thanks to the story that producer Edward Pressman and writer Dave McKenna’s Paterno biopic project, Happy Valley (based on the book Paterno by Joe Posnanski), has picked up director Brian DePalma. Brian DePalma is a natural choice for the project, considering he’s been absolutely on fire lately, rattling off a string of hits that includes… uh… and… hmmm…
Pacino became attached to play Paterno when a package including the book was shopped by ICM last fall. Pressman will produce with Pacino’s manager, Rick Nicita, who was part of that original package. They are keeping a somewhat low profile on the focus of the film for now. “Happy Valley reunites the Scarface and Carlito’s Way team of De Palma & Pacino for the third time and I can’t think of a better duo to tell this story of a complex, intensely righteous man who was brought down by his own tragic flaw,” said Pressman in confirming the deal to Deadline. [Deadline]
I credit De Palma as being the director who really got Pacino ACTING! with a capital A, and Pacino has only become more of an ACT-TOR in the 20 years since they last worked together. It’ll be a miracle if this goes anywhere but HBO, but on the off chance it does make it to theaters, I have a feeling Pacino’s going to be acting so hard that I’d be scared to watch it without a mouthpiece.
Also, “Joe Posnanski” is just Joe Paterno with a fake mustache making Polack jokes, right?
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ugh.
/naturally
This is a game of inches!
Act 2 should begin with the time a surprise pantload forced Paterno to miss the entire second half of a game.
I’m surprised Pacino had time to do this. I thought he was joining Adam Sandler’s band of Merry Pranksters and would be in Jack and Jill 2: They Go Up the Hill, Zookeeper II: What’s New in the Zoo?, Grown Ups 3: Still Acting Like Children, and That’s NOT My Boy.
That horribly shopped pic is making me laugh way more than it should.
PSU alums brace for array of “Say hello to my little friend” jokes.
Mel Brooks as Jerry Sandusky or GTFO.
I was thinking Jerry Van Dyke for some reason.
Sandusky
“I never should have got involved with that little boy”
Pacino/Paterno
“Cause he got a greaaaaat ass! And you got your head – all the way up it!”
Never really thought of the similarities between Calculon and Al Pacino, but they’re basically the same person:
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“What you lookin’ at? You all a bunch of f*ckin’ assholes. You know why? You don’t have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your f*ckin’ fingers and say, “That’s the bad guy.” So… what that make you? Good? You’re not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don’t have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There’s a bad guy comin’ through! Better get outta his way!”
I love movies about sadistic asshole who enable child rapists. Can’t wait for the John Paul the deuce biopic.
Also, “Joe Posnanski” is just Joe Paterno with a fake mustache making Polack jokes, right?
I dunno, Vince… Mancinski?