Barcelona's Lionel Messi (Photo: Reuters)
Epic Pictures Group says it is financing and developing a Rocky-style film after buying the rights to dramatize a biography about the Barcelona soccer star.
The Beverly Hills-based company says the biopic will chart Messi's rise from a modest background in Argentina and how he ''overcame his physical shortcomings to become one of the greatest players of all time.''
Co-founder Shaked Berenson hopes ''audiences will be uplifted by this incredible tale of fighting for your dreams.''
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