EXCLUSIVE: Tori Sampson has been tapped to pen the biopic 61 which is being developed by Disney Studios’ live-action team for Disney+.
Chris Paul and his brother C.J. are producing with no director or talent attached at this time.Announced this past December at the Disney Investor day presentation, the pic is based on the NBA superstar’s deeply moving story of family, legacy and destiny that helped make him who he is today.
Paul also recently closed a two book deal with Macmillan for him to tell this story in book form. He will be writing it with Michael Wilbon with both an adult and kids version planned.
Those will be released sometime this fall.As For Sampson, the up-and-coming writer has been busy, most recently coming on as a writer on
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