'Nelson' team up to bat for 'Sugar'
HBO Films circling the pic
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"Sugar" will look at the promise and broken dreams of a Dominican baseball prospect plucked from his native country to play in the U.S. minor-league system.
Paul Mezey's Journeyman Pictures and Jamie Patricof's Hunting Lane Films, the shingles behind "Half Nelson," will produce.
HBO Films is circling the pic and could come on board to produce but has not yet made a formal commitment.
Mezey has produced a number of pics for HBO Films, including indie hit "Maria Full of Grace," which was released by Fine Line, and has an informal arrangement with the division.
"Sugar" is set to go into production in the Dominican and Midwest in late summer, with Fleck and producers currently scouting locations and seeking castmembers, some of whom could be nonpros.
Story is a fictional tale based on creators' research; it focuses on Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a teenager who ends up far from home playing for a team in the Midwest after showing baseball aptitude in his native country.
Project is described as a dramatic and cautionary account of the baseball scouting machine with a good-natured character at its center.
Fleck and Boden also signed on with Misher Films to write and direct young-adult adaptation "It's Kind of a Funny Story" for Paramount, where Misher has a first-look deal.
