Writer Stepping Into the Ring to Spin Boxing Tale
Angelo Pizzo, screenwriter of sports dramas “Hoosiers,” “Rudy” and “The Game of Their Lives,” has signed on to write an indie biopic about boxer Vinny Paz, who came back from a broken neck to become a world champion. Project’s set up with producers Chad A. Verdi, Noah Kraft, Glen Ciano with Michael Corrente directing and plans to shoot in Providence, R.I., next year. Paz, a Rhode Island native who boxed under the name “The Pazmanian Devil,” is consulting. Pizzo will focus the script on the inspirational side of Paz’s story following a 1991 traffic accident that broke his neck in three places while he was at the peak of his career. Against doctors’ orders, Paz returned to the gym with his metal halo still on, began working out and eventually won three more titles and went on to retire with a 50-10 record.
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