Tiger Woods is still one of the most recognizable athletes in sports. And the life of the winner of the Major championship 15 times could soon be told in the cinema.
Amazon MGM Studios has assured the rights of “The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf” by Kevin Cook, confirmed a spokesman for study to People.
The Amazon film will be based on the book that reached the shelves in December. Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are “in conversations” to join the project through his company, Higher Ground Productions, according to Deadline.
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Tiger Woods, of the American team, talks to former President Barack Obama at the first Tee during the presidents Cup in Liberty National Golf Club on September 28, 2017 in Jersey City, NJ (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Reinaldo Marcus Green, whose cinematographic credits include “King Richard”, is also attracting interest in the Woods project. It is being considered that Green directs the film, according to the report.
Actor Will Smith won an Academy Award for his interpretation of Richard Williams, the father and former coach of the great tennis and Venus Williams in “King Richard.” The Williams sisters appeared as the executive producers of the film.
Tiger Woods not in the field of players championship in the last year of exemption
Cook’s book presents stories of “many of the most important names of golf: Tiger’s Caddy, his coach, his opponents, his idols and others, all offering a new vision of the maximum electrifying of their victories and obstacles inside and outside the course that threatened their relentless search for perfection”
Jupiter Tiger Woods links Golf Golf waves to fans when he is presented at the beginning of a TMRW Golf League match against Boston Common Golf on January 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Photo AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
A schedule for the launch of the documentary was not available.
Woods had been preparing for the Masters tournament next month. But it is unlikely to compete in Augusta National after Woods announced on Tuesday that he underwent surgery to address a broken Achilles tendon.
“Now I am back at home and plan to concentrate on my recovery and rehabilitation, thanks for all the support,” wrote the five -time Masters winner in X.
In February, Woods announced that his mother, Kutilda Woods, had died at the age of 81.
Tiger Woods, hugs his mother, Kultida Woods, during a press conference, February 19, 2010, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Archive)
“With the sincere sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, died early this morning,” Woods wrote. “My mother was a force of our own nature, her spirit was simply undeniable. It was fast with the needle and a laugh. He was my greatest admirer, the greatest supporter, without any of my personal achievements had been possible. It was loved by so many, but especially for her two grandchildren, Sam and Charlie.”
Obama and Tiger Woods have a story. Obama once traveled to Florida to play a golf round with forests during his presidency. Woods visited the White House during a celebration of the American and international golf teams of the Presidents Cup in June 2014.
The former president and former Production Company of the First Lady has brought numerous projects to the screen since its launch of 2018, including docuseries “our oceans and the golden court” and “Rustin”.
In this archive photo of October 31, 2017, former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama appear at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The Obamas company also associated with the Omaha productions by LeBron James and Omaha Productions of Peyton Manning to produce “Start 5”. The docuseries was released in Netflix last year and followed James, Anthony Edwards and other NBA stars inside and out of the court.
