Mar 7, 2008 by Courtney O.

Gary Ross Directing Nascar Drama

Gary Ross struck a deal with Universal Pictures to develop and direct an untitled drama revolving around NASCAR racing. The script is being written by Terence Winter, the The Sopranos executive producer who recently adapted The Wolf of Wall Street for Martin Scorsese at Warner Bros.

According to Variety, NASCAR has agreed to cooperate, so Ross will be able to use the circuit's tracks and footage of actual races and drivers, as well as shoot scenes during races.

The NASCAR drama will focus on an up-and-coming driver who scratches his way into the circuit and develops a mentor/rival relationship with the driver he grew up idolizing. The dynamic is made more complex because the vet racer's son drives for his father's team.

A production date has not been set.


Sources: Variety

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  1. Marcusx

    haha yeah its a marc(k)(us) thing..

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  2. Radimus-83

    oh yeah, well i aint my best friends middle toe!!!! why you ask?..... cause i just f*cking did,alright!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  3. THE JOKER

    ypu and were a couple of bad little kids! if your real name is marc then it could be a Mark(c) thing lol

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  4. Marcusx

    i ran over frogs whilst roller blading....

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  5. THE JOKER

    have you ever tried the potato in the tail pipe of someones car...classic. i used to buy them little rubber rats and mice from like the dollar store and throw them on my parents when they were asleep. and when they woke up in the morning...whooo it was great!

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  6. Radimus-83

    i used to put fireworks in my grandmothers tea!!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  7. THE JOKER

    sounds like fun! and who could forget those good old punching bags that you punch and they just keep popping back up. i was a violent little bastard growing up tho so mine always popped but until then boy was that fun. waiting til my sister or anyone really would walk by, and smack that thing into them! ahhhhh good times!!!

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  8. Marcusx

    i yo yo while eating those candy sticks you dip into that powder AND hack-e-sack at the same time

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  9. THE JOKER

    tru it does sound more like driven. that movie wasnt the best either. and ok lol. i own probably 10 hack-e sacks and 20 yo-yos! they never get old! and agreed i think it was called fundip! that stuff was the best!

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  10. CelluloidDreams

    I this sounds more like "Driven" meets "Days of Thunder"!!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  11. Phatlightning

    yo-yos are apparently a 10 year fad, and god damn I cant wait for them to come around again, those, and dunkaroos, and those candy sticks you dip into that powder and eat, then we'd have a party.. oh and I wasnt talkin about you Joker, I was talking about the duke's comment

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  12. THE JOKER

    i wasnt bashing Days of Thunder i liked it. im just saying i hope its not the same exact thing. but im with you guys on the hack-e sacks. yo-yos were pretty cool as well

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  13. Marcusx

    haha i kno dude! i play ice hockey (didnt this season) but im going back into it. im training to make the minors some day. *religioulsy

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  14. Phatlightning

    yea, I used to hack-e-sack(here we go)RELIGIOUSLY back in junior high, like that would be a saturday night thing.. go to parking lot somewhere, everyone would just show up like they have internal radar or something, you'd see everyone there, random hoodlems, hookers, hockey players, hermaphrodites, gumby, hustlers, hierarchists, and thats just to name the people who categorize themselves with a word that starts with the letter H! hell even mr. prince himself showed up one night.. yep, those were the good ole days

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  15. Marcusx

    haha when ya put it that way PL it does sound good. like in shes all that when fredie prince jr kicked it around on stage for about 37 seconds, omg amazing! i rewound that sh*t 86 times! i didnt have a hack-e so i just picked up the neigbors c*cker spaniel and attempted to reenact the scene. not a good idea. dogs tend to flail a bit while youre trying to repeatedly kick them in the air so they wont touch the ground

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  16. Phatlightning

    whoa whoa, dont go bad mouthing days of thunder, that sh*t was great. and honestly, hack-e-sack is the sh*t and I would not mind one bit watching 2 hours of it.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  17. VooDoo77

    Hope its better than Days of thunder.Minus Tom Cruse!

    4 years agoby @deathstardestroyerFlag

  18. Marcusx

    o this is just f*ckign ridiculous. come on seriously. NASCAR? for real? damn this is terrible news. pretty soon they will make a movie about hack-e-sack and the troubling life of an aspiring rice bag kicker...stupid

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  19. THE JOKER

    hopefully this isnt copying Days of Thunder!

    4 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  20. Phatlightning

    oh geez, this sounds like one hell of a thrill ride.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

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