The Malcolm Butler Movie

[E5 Yaz]

New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler has been to two Super Bowls. Now, his life story is heading to the big screen.

Daniel Levin, whose Narrative Capital produced Lion, has acquired Butler's life rights for a biopic titled The Secondary. Levin's instincts have been sound: He obtained Lion subject Saroo Brierley's rights after reading about him in Vanity Fair, and now the movie is up for six Oscars. Likewise, he saw promise in the story of an undrafted Butler, who just three years ago was running the fryolator at a Popeyes chicken joint when his agent, Derek Simpson, secured him a tryout with the Patriots. As a rookie in 2015, Butler made one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl history when, in the game's final seconds, he intercepted Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson's pass at the goal line, ensuring New England's victory.

Levin sees the film as a two-hander, having also scooped up the life rights of Simpson, a small-town lawyer who was handling Butler's blossoming career while fighting a commercial-trucking goliath in court to get justice for a paralyzed teen. "Lion and The Secondary are against-all-odds stories of struggle and inspiration," says Levin. "Derek would not stop until Malcolm got a chance."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/malcolm-butler-biopic-will-tell-life-story-super-bowl-hero-975885

 

[Leather]

Is Mark Wahlberg available to play Butler?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Is Mark Wahlberg available to play Butler?

Watch him play the agent

 

[BigSoxFan]

Is Mark Wahlberg available to play Butler?

Wayans brother. It has to be a Wayans brother.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

They really should have called this 3 Corners Malcolm Go.

 

[E5 Yaz]

They really should have called this 3 Corners Malcolm Go.

3 Corners would be a good title, actually

 

[Just a bit outside]

Is Mark Wahlberg available to play Butler?

Only for the first half of the movie.

 

[mt8thsw9th]

Donald Glover as Malcolm.

 

[Curt S Loew]

Watch him play the agent

He would SO nail that southern accent.

 

[Nator]

Only for the first half of the movie.

I see what you did there, and I approve. Good stuff.

 

[uk_sox_fan]

Busta Rhymes as Richard Sherman, Richard Gere as Pete Carroll

 

[Van Everyman]

The real question is, who is going to play Belichick?

We joke but this could be awesome. Even if it isn't, it's just great that Butler's story is being considered for something like this.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Tommy Lee Jones as Belichick?

 

[Van Everyman]

I'd sign on to that in a heartbeat.

 

[reggiecleveland]

Busta betta busta a gut in the gym yo.

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Dammit, just realized that "Scrap" would be a MUCH better movie title.

 

[NickEsasky]

Busta betta busta a gut in the gym yo.

Busta Rhymes would have a better chance playing Hightower than Sherman now. Dude is a tank.

 

[MalzoneExpress]

Dammit, just realized that "Scrap" would be a MUCH better movie title.

I'm pretty sure his nickname was "Strap".

 

[BuellMiller]

I'm pretty sure his nickname was "Strap".

Yep. Hopefully they put this in the movie: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/0ap3000000469036/Sound-FX-Teams-get-amped-up-for-SB-XLIX (fast forward to 3:57).

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Movie titles change all the time. Any good one here in a public forum is likely to be grabbed by the Producers so look for your best work to be on a Marquee soon. Or in a Netflix menu.

 

[brandonchristensen]

"Hey Malcolm, how's it going? Say hello to your mother for me"

 

[Hoya81]

Tommy Lee Jones as Belichick?

Bryan Cranston.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Is Mark Wahlberg available to play Butler?

"They messed with the wrong secondary"

 

[queenb]

They really should have called this 3 Corners Malcolm Go.

Nice. I like Malcolm, Go.

For Malcolm I'd go Trevante Rhodes, the oldest Chiron from Moonlight. Coach Harrison Ford.

EDIT: Michael Shannon could also master Belichick, and even kinda looks like him.

 

[SumnerH]

"They messed with the wrong secondary"

"Hey, nice pass. Say hi to your mother for me!"

 

[Koufax]

Great movie concept and really great casting ideas. Hopefully this thread has a long life.

 

[Leather]

"Hey, nice pass. Say hi to your mother for me!"

"I'm Malcolm Butler! I'm the star! It's my big pick and I say when we roll! you know what? I'm the biggest star here, man! That's the way it is!"

 

[reggiecleveland]

Markie Mark as the agent: Malcolm I am going to get you on a roster, just as soon as I blast my delts, now spot me!

Brad Pitt as Brady
Ryan Reynolds as Jimmy G.

 

[Fred not Lynn]

Nice. I like Malcolm, Go.

Malcom, Go!

That's the title this movie needs...only the punctuation need be negotiable...

 

[Marciano490]

"I'm Malcolm Butler! I'm the star! It's my big pick and I say when we roll! you know what? I'm the biggest star here, man! That's the way it is!"

I can't start you in the state you're in.

 

[Papelbon's Poutine]

Brian Cox as BB.
Matt Damon for Brady.
Michael B Jordan as Butler.

 

[Brand Name]

Bryan Cranston.

 

[BusRaker]

Ray Allen as Malcolm Butler?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Ray Allen as Malcolm Butler?

He no longer got game

 

[Jnai]

If he switches to wide receiver next year it could be called "Malcolm X"

 

[Papelbon's Poutine]

Nm

 

[ALiveH]

I came here to say Jordan for Butler but got beaten to it. so +1, Poutine

 

[Jettisoned]

They really should have called this 3 Corners Malcolm Go.

This February it's time to Malcolm down your Butlers

 

[m0ckduck]

Ryan Reynolds as Jimmy G.

See, I would use this as a chance to get Jimmy Fallon on board with the project: Garoppolo as wise-cracking clipboard-carrying understudy. Then, I would use it as a chance to throw Fallon into a boiling cauldron.

 

[Devizier]

 

[Van Everyman]

"I'm Malcolm Butler! I'm the star! It's my big pick and I say when we roll! you know what? I'm the biggest star here, man! That's the way it is!"

"Feel feel feel ... feel defeat!"

 

[Marciano490]

"Feel feel feel ... feel defeat!"

Can there be a scene where Brady wins a really cool SB MVP truck, so then Malcolm gets the same truck a couple years later and leads Tom out from the after party to take a look at it then awkwardly lunges to kiss him. I like you, Tom, I like you so much. Do you like me?

 

[Van Everyman]

I feel like if some other player is going to be Scotty, it should be Light, Koppen or some other awkward ginger.

 

[mikeot]

Russell Crowe as BB ... can't get it out of my head, the look of it.

 

[bsj]

The next chapter of his movie may well include a return to Foxboro?

View: https://twitter.com/BenVolin/status/1505874806306230275?s=20&t=CbU62fQTd2wn9Y2zt9Qmvw

 

[bakahump]

Marky Mark would play the Brady, McDaniels, Edelmen combo Character.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Ross Ventrone will play Ray Ventrone.

 

[Ale Xander]

Marky Mark would play the Brady, McDaniels, Edelmen combo Character.

Donny will narrate, and Jordan Knight will play Amendola

 

[bsj]

Any word yet on how the visit went?

 

[Smiling Joe Hesketh]

Fournette just re-signed with Tampa, so that may be an indication that the visit was cursory. We'll see.