Will Smith might be making a movie about Michael Jordan's year in the Minor Leagues
The best basketball player in the world, smack in the prime of his career, abruptly announces that he's retiring -- to pursue a career in professional baseball. If that story sounds like it might make for a compelling movie, you're in luck: According to a report from The Tracking Board,
The screenplay, written by Ben Epstein and currently titled "The Prospect," made it onto the 2017 Black List -- a compilation of the best unproduced scripts of the year, as voted on by Hollywood executives.
While Jordan struggled as a baseball player, hitting just .202 with three homers in his one season with Birmingham, he was still a national sensation, with fans coming from far and wide just to get a glimpse of him:
No one knows just who will play MJ in the film -- Smith is currently 49 years old, 18 years older than Jordan when he signed with the Barons -- but there is one nominatively appropriate choice. And that's not even touching on the most important question of all: Just who will play Terry Francona?
