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Robert De Niro in Talks to Play Dodgers Icon Tommy Lasorda

Skydance Sports is developing an early-stage biopic with high-profile producers to position the project as a studio-scale film despite unconfirmed casting and plot.

Overview

  • Trade outlets report that Oscar winner Robert De Niro is in talks to star as Tommy Lasorda in a working-title film called Tommy & Me, but no deal has been confirmed and negotiations are ongoing.
  • Filmmaker Reid Carolin is attached to direct and shares writing credit with George Gallo and Cambron Clark, according to the coverage.
  • Skydance Sports is serving as the lead studio with producers Jesse Sisgold, Jason T. Reed and Sandino Moya-Smith and partner producers from Mandalay Pictures, Intuition Productions and Free Association.
  • The project is in early development and plot details are being kept under wraps, leaving the final cast, script approach, financing and production timeline uncertain.
  • Tommy Lasorda was a Hall of Famer who led the Dodgers to two World Series titles and spent 71 years with the organization, giving the film built-in cultural appeal and potential commercial interest if the reported attachments are finalized.