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09-17-2004, 01:08 PM
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=filmNews&storyID=6262905
'Balls of Fury' Bounces to New Line
Fri Sep 17, 2004 04:04 AM ET
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Could pingpong be the next geek sport to hit it big a la dodgeball?
New Line Cinema has picked up "Balls of Fury," about a washed-up ping-pong champion who must reclaim his skills when he goes undercover to bust a crime lord who hosts an annual tournament in which all the losers are executed.
Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote the screenplay, and Garant will direct. Lennon will take a role in the film. Upcoming films they've written include "Taxi," starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon, and "Herbie: Fully Loaded" starring Lindsay Lohan. They also co-created and starred in the Comedy Central series "Reno 911!"
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
'Balls of Fury' Bounces to New Line
Fri Sep 17, 2004 04:04 AM ET
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Could pingpong be the next geek sport to hit it big a la dodgeball?
New Line Cinema has picked up "Balls of Fury," about a washed-up ping-pong champion who must reclaim his skills when he goes undercover to bust a crime lord who hosts an annual tournament in which all the losers are executed.
Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote the screenplay, and Garant will direct. Lennon will take a role in the film. Upcoming films they've written include "Taxi," starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon, and "Herbie: Fully Loaded" starring Lindsay Lohan. They also co-created and starred in the Comedy Central series "Reno 911!"
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter