{"id":914,"date":"2025-08-31T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=914"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:38:59","slug":"kobe-bryant-film-in-the-works-at-warner-bros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant film in the works at Warner Bros."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A film project centered around\u00a0NBA\u00a0superstar\u00a0Kobe Bryant&#8217;s journey to the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0has landed at\u00a0Warner Bros.,\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u00a0has confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen penned the spec screenplay for&nbsp;<em>With the 8th Pick<\/em>, which follows the high-stakes process that led to Bryant getting drafted into the NBA in 1996. The project was generating high interest from other studios and streamers before Warners stepped in preemptively to nab it. A director has not yet been attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - AZAMAN\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2L51xr45As?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With the 8th Pick<\/em>&nbsp;is said to focus on the New Jersey Nets and then-general manager John Nash, who held the eighth pick in the draft and considered taking Bryant out of high school. The future Hall of Famer ended up being taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick before he was traded to the Lakers, where he would win five NBA championships and become an icon of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is described as having elements of&nbsp;<em>Moneyball<\/em>&nbsp;(which starred Brad Pitt),&nbsp;<em>The Social Network&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Air<\/em>, Ben Affleck\u2019s Matt Damon-starring pic that tracked the beginning of Michael Jordan\u2019s now-legendary partnership with Nike.&nbsp;<em>With the 8th Pick<\/em>&nbsp;is said to detail the pivotal process during which slightly different decisions could have changed the NBA\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producers include Tim and Trevor White for Star Thrower Entertainment and Ryan Stowell for Religion of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>. Also producing is Gotham Chopra, who co-founded Religion of Sports with Tom Brady and Michael Strahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bryant was part of the legendary Lakers teams that included center Shaquille O\u2019Neal and coach Phil Jackson. Bryant died in a helicopter crash in 2020 at age 41, as did 13-year-old daughter Gianna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sohn is also writing Netflix\u2019s planned John Madden project that hails from Religion of Sports. He is represented by Verve and Lit Agency. Johannensen is repped by Verve and Gotham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The InSneider<\/em>\u00a0was first to report on the film. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/kobe-bryant-movie-warner-bros-alex-sohn-gavin-johannsen-1236351809\/\">(THR)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A film project centered around\u00a0NBA\u00a0superstar\u00a0Kobe Bryant&#8217;s journey to the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0has landed at\u00a0Warner Bros.,\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0has confirmed. Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen penned the spec screenplay for&nbsp;With the 8th Pick, which follows the high-stakes process that led to Bryant getting drafted into the NBA in 1996. 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