Disney Bags Another Sports Movie

Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 5:04 PM Central

by John Couture

In another move consistent with Disney's sports movie approach of late (see Remember The Titans and The Rookie), Disney has bought up the rights to "The Greatest Game Ever Played," a book written by Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost. The move comes hot on the heels of last week's announcement that Disney was planning to turn 1980's Lake Placid Miracle On Ice into a movie.

"The Greatest Game" is a golf story that revolves around the 1913 U.S. Open and its unlikely winner Francis Ouimet. The 19-year-old Ouimet was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and had to overcome great adversity to accomplish his feat.