John Rice Will Direct Stan's Cup

Screenwriter John Rice plans to make his directorial debut with Stan's Cup, a comedy set in the world of old-timers' hockey.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie centers on a broken-down, once-great hockey player who gets a chance to finally fill his legendary father's skates by giving his hometown, known as Hockeytown USA, a pseudo rematch of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" game against a Russian team of ex-Olympians. Rice also wrote the script.

The filmmakers see the movie having a The Full Monty vibe rather than one of a traditional sports movie, focusing on an unusual place and the eccentric people who inhabit it.

Stan's Cup is eyeing a spring shoot in Warroad, Minn., which like Detroit bills itself as Hockeytown USA.


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Comments (3)

  1. Err

    i thought the headline said "satan's cup".
    hockey comedies are sometimes decent, save for 'the mighty ducks' which was okay when i was a kid. but we can't forget such great'uns as 'slap shot' though.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  2. Space101

    I surely gonna check this one out!

    3 years agoby @space101Flag

  3. killerman200

    I'll check this. I love sports comedies.

    3 years agoby @killerman200Flag

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