Lang steps up to the plate.(Brief Article)

From: Daily Variety | Date: February 10, 2006| Author: Fleming, Michael | Copyright information

Producer Andrew Lang has optioned Peter Lefcourt novel "The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story" and hired Lefcourt to write the script.

Novel concerns a married all-star shortstop who, in the heat of a pennant race, falls in love with his team's second baseman. As the double play combination goes public, scandal ensues.

Book was first optioned in 1992 and has been developed in different incarnations at Disney (twice), Fox and New Line with filmmakers including Bett...

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