Alda Gets Resurrected

Veteran actor Alan Alda is joining Josh Hartnett and Samuel L Jackson in Resurrecting The Champ. It's a true story focussing on an LA Times reporter who wrote about a homeless man who was once a renowned boxer. Later the journo discovered that the champ wasn't who he claimed to be, but by then the two had formed a tight father-son bond - and the reporter probably wanted to avoid a punch in the mouth.

Rod Lurie, who has directed episodes of Commander In Chief and Line Of Fire, will call the shots in Canada this June.