Irvine Welsh to Direct The Magnificent Eleven

May 22nd, 2009
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh has been set to direct the soccer comedy The Magnificent Eleven, for Angry Badger Pictures.

According to Variety, Welsh will work with the father-son writing team Pete and John Adams on the next draft of the screenplay.

The Magnificent Eleven is scheduled to shoot later this year. It's a modernization of the Magnificent Seven centered on a local amateur soccer team, a Tandoori restaurant and a group of menacing thugs.