https://reurl.cc/yAARKD Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired a spec script based on the dramatic true stor y of NBA legend Kobe Bryant joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Variety has confirme d. The project comes from screenwriters Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen. Rumors of th e project had piqued the interest of multiple studios and streamers. One source told Variety that Warner Bros. preempted an auction and took the script, tentati vely titled “With the 8th Pick?”, off the table early. Curiously, Bryant was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick in the 1 996 NBA Draft — not the eighth pick. The Hornets then traded Bryant to the Lake rs for Vlade Divac. The New Jersey Nets and its general manager, John Nash, had the eighth pick. Nash has previously said that he wanted to draft Bryant with th e pick, but was overruled by Nets coach John Calipari. Other insiders familiar with the script described the film as “Moneyball” meet s “Air,” Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent feature detailing Nike’s courts hip of a rookie-year Michael Jordan. Warner Bros. had no comment when asked about the project. 華納兄弟已收購一部原創劇本，故事取材自真實事件——NBA傳奇Kobe Bryant加盟洛杉磯湖 人的戲劇性過程 該企劃由編劇 Alex Sohn 與 Gavin Johannsen 撰寫，此案傳出後便吸引多家電影公司與串 流平台的關注，有消息人士透露，華納兄弟搶先出手，在競標開始前就收購了這部暫定名為 《With the 8th Pick?》的劇本 有趣的是，實際上他是在 1996年NBA選秀中被夏洛特黃蜂以第 13 順位選中，而非第 8 順 位 隨後黃蜂將Kobe交易到湖人，換回了Vlade Divac，當年擁有第8順位的球隊是紐澤西籃網， 時任總經理John Nash曾表示自己本想用這個順位挑選Kobe，但最終被總教練John Calipari 否決 知情人士形容這部電影的風格，猶如《魔球》（Moneyball）與近期由Ben Affleck與Matt D amon合作的《Air》結合——後者描述 Nike 如何簽下新秀時期的Michael Jordan