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Pelé, considered by many the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the world’s most popular athletes for decades, died Thursday in his native Brazil after battling colon cancer. He was 82. His agent Joe Fraga confirmed his death today, according to the Associated…

Soccer legend Pele‘s cancer has advanced, and he is currently receiving “elevated care” for kidney and heart issues, according to the AP. An update from his daughter indicates the family is sticking close to the 82-year-old, who is staying at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. They will…

Arguably the greatest soccer player of all time, Pelé, was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein on Wednesday according to his doctors. It is the second time in the past few months the three-time World Cup winner has been admitted for treatment on a tumor in his colon. In September, doctors operated on the…

MoviePass Films has become an investor and strategic marketing partner on the Gabe Polsky-directed documentary In Search Of Greatness, in anticipation of the film's release next month. Polsky previously directed Red Army, which Sony Pictures Classics released after its 2014 Cannes debut and he also is a producer on…

Quick, Americans, name a retired soccer legend. To the large number of you who said “Pelé” — olé. He and his manager Paul “PK” Kemsley are teaming with Bunim/Murray Productions for a scripted limited series based on the Brazilian fútbol diety’s life. The untitled program will focus on his life in New York while…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has optioned an untitled pitch hatched by Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, who will produce alongside executive producer Anna Culp. They’ve set Jeff & Michael Zimbalist to write and direct a thriller set in Colombia's lawless mining region. The gangster saga centers on the mystery of…

EXCLUSIVE:When Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard re-upped in their 26th year at Universal in early 2012, like all studio term producers they watched the deal get smaller. They also went from exclusive to first look and while that might have humbled less energetic founders who’d made 50 films…

BREAKING: The soccer icon’s life story will be told by writer-directors Michael and Jeff Zimbalist (The Two Escobars) after Imagine Entertainment and Seine Pictures licensed his life rights via Sports Licensing International B.V. The pic is in preproduction now with an August start date planned. Exclusive Media will…