Tobey Maguire has signed a deal worth $12 million or more for SEABISCUIT, to
play the jockey atop the horse that became a fabled figure during the
Depression.
Gary Ross adapted the Laura Hillenbrand book "Seabiscuit: An American
Legend" and will direct this fall for Universal.
Maguire, set to play jockey Red Pollard, will also serve as executive
producer for the movie to be released in winter 2003.
"There was an incredible toughness and sensitivity to Red that few people
could capture, and Tobey is uniquely capable of doing that," Ross said.
Ross is getting another Hall of Fame jockey, Gary Stevens, to play jockey
George Woolf, a Pollard pal who took Seabiscuit's reins in his most famous
race, a match against seemingly unbeatable War Admiral.
Other roles yet to be cast are Seabiscuit's eccentric owner, Charles Howard,
and the horse's trainer, Tom Smith.
Thanks to Daily Variety
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