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"Friday Night Lights" second unit director Allan Graf has signed on to direct "Turning the Tide" according to The Hollywood Reporter. Graf co-wrote the project with John Ledesma based on a story by John Papadakis. It centers on the September 12, 1970, college football showdown between the all-white Alabama Crimson Tide - led by the legendary Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant - and the integrated USC Trojans. It's a game frequently mentioned as one of the most important moments in US sport. Graf himself was a USC football player at the time.
Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117911822?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">Variety</a> reports that Warner Independent Pictures will co-finance and produce Marc Klein's adaptation of Melissa Bank's best-selling short-story collection, "A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing," with Klein making his directing bow. Published by Viking in 1999, the book is an urban female's bittersweet take on love. The script is now out to cast. Two stories from the collection - "My Old Man" and "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine" are tipped to be combined to make the script.
Thanks to 'Wash Over'.
