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    "Irish" Mickey Ward movie

    This looks cool:

    Mark Wahlberg plays Micky Ward in new flick “The Fighter”

    Pending approval of the final script, Variety is reporting that Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg have signed to star in “The Fighter,” which will tell the true story “Irish” Micky Ward. Wahlberg will play Ward. Damon will play his trainer and half-brother, Dick Ecklund.

    I’ve been dying to do a boxing movie my whole career,” Wahlberg recently told Reuters. “I’ve been close to doing two, and they kinda fell apart, but it’s something I’m very excited about.”

    Paramount Pictures recently green-lit the film and production is scheduled to begin this summer in Boston. The film chronicles the two brothers growing up in Lowell, Massachusetts and goes through Ward’s success and immortalization as a fighter.

    Ecklund was a journeyman fighter who sent Sugar Ray Leonard to the canvas in 1978. His career was derailed by drug addiction and a prison sentence. Upon his release, he convinced his younger brother, Ward – who had retired from boxing at 26 after losing four straight – to get back in the ring. Under Ecklund’s tutelage, Ward won the WBU Light Welterweight title and engaged in one of the greatest fight trilogies in history with Arturo Gatti.
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    http://blog.thesweetscience.com/2007...c-in-the-works


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    iMDB says Brad Pitt will play Ecklund instead of Matt Damon.

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    ficking wankz t'shodn pitt a the rol of thee boxer? innit his part?

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    There's a book on Ward that came out fairly recently that I've been thinking of picking up as well, "Irish Thunder: the Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward" by Bob Halloran. The movie was already in production when it came out, but they hired the writer as a consultant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Brewer View Post
    Speaking of "Snatch..."

    That was a great movie, but I really expected something completely different given the title. I was kinda let down in that respect.
    Yeah, I was really excited when my wife brought that one home from the video store. One of my favorites now, but sort of a disappointment that night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Brewer View Post
    Speaking of "Snatch..."

    That was a great movie, but I really expected something completely different given the title. I was kinda let down in that respect.
    lol, my brother was the one who recommended it to me, wierd conversation, although I suppose I avoided the big let down.
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