Will Rogers Family Endorses Movie ‘Will To Win’; Details Revealed About Project
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Details have been revealed about a new film project that is the first to receive endorsement from the family of early Hollywood icon Will Rogers.Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions has optioned the book rights to a new Jim Stovall novel, Will To Win, and is adapting it as the first movie ever to be approved by the Will Rogers family, including life rights.Rogers, the celebrated vaudeville performer of the early 20th Century, was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and became known as ‘Oklahoma’s Favorite Son’.
By the mid-1930s he was the highest paid star in Hollywood but he died in a plane crash that same decade.Filming of movie Will To Win is being lined up for spring of 2023.
Set in current time, the project is a female-centric family sports drama with a Cherokee storyline, featuring an iconic Will Rogers character.
Emmy-winning producers Russ Kirkpatrick and Andy Kinslow (Boomtown: An American Journey) are consulting with the Will Rogers family and Stovall on the project.The plot involves Sky Forest, who is devastated when softball is cut at Will Rogers High, threatening the promise she made to her Cherokee parents before they died to win a championship and secure a college scholarship.
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