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Jack Reynor in Line-Up to Play Josh Hamilton in New Biopic
26 Jun 2014 : Deirdre Molumby
Jack Reynor is penned for the role of baseball star Josh Hamilton
Writer-director Casey Affleck has set his sights on young Irish actor Jack Reynor to play John Hamilton in his new biopic. Hamilton was a Texas Rangers slugger who, having recovered from a descent into drugs, became a baseball star who now plays for the Los Angeles Angels.

Relativity Media, who are producing the feature, signed a deal with Hamilton to acquire rights to his life story in late autumn 2012 when, after clubbing 43 homers including nine in one week, Hamilton ended his 2012 season as a free agent. Casey Affleck, who wrote and directed the Joaquin Phoenix starrer ‘I’m Still Here’ and is also known for his acting credits in ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, will write and direct the upcoming inspirational sports film.

Jack Reynor won the Irish Film and Television Award in 2013 for Best Actor for ‘What Richard Did’, the film that is credited with sparking his career. He will next be seen in ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’, in which he stars opposite Mark Wahlberg, and in Gerard Barrett’s highly-anticipated feature ‘Glassland’, which will have its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh on July 11th.

Reynor also starred in ‘Deliver Man’ opposite Vince Vaughn, in ‘Dollhouse’, directed by Kirsten Sheridan, and will also star in ‘Macbeth’ opposite Michael Fassbender, which is currently in post-production. You can read more about the Dublin-born actor on the IFTA Spotlight.

Basil Iwanyk, Kevin Walsh and Affleck will produce the Josh Hamilton biopic with Relativity.

Reynor is repped by WME and UK-based McFarlane Chard Associates.





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