Glen Powell to Star in Richard Linklater’s Lou Gehrig Movie From Producer Lorne Michaels

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Simon Rich is penning the script for the Universal feature that will focus on the late Yankees legend.

Glen Powell is gearing up to feel like the luckiest man alive.

Powell is set to star in Universal Pictures’ movie about Lou Gehrig that Richard Linklater is attached to direct, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Simon Rich, known for Saturday Night Live and the forthcoming Sam Altman-focused film Artificial, is penning the script.

Producers for the untitled project include Lorne Michaels and Erin David for Broadway Video through its first-look deal with Universal.

Lou Gehrig played first base for the New York Yankees and was part of the famed 1927 lineup that included Babe Ruth and was known as “Murderers’ Row.” Gehrig died in 1941 at age 37 after battling ALS, and Gary Cooper portrayed him in the 1942 feature The Pride of the Yankees, which focuses on his life.

More to come.