First look reveals Al Pacino as legendary Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno in upcoming HBO movie

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By Darian Scalamoni

            The Joe Paterno biopic that HBO has been developing for years has just begun filming. Legendary, Oscar winning-actor, Al Pacino is set to play the late Penn State football coach and the premium network has revealed a first look image of Pacino as Paterno which you can see above.

            The currently untitled project, directed by Barry Levinson (The Wizard of Lies, Sleepers) is based on the winningest coach in college football history who deals with the sexual abuse scandal by assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky which challenges his legacy and has him answering questions regarding the victims. It’s pretty remarkable how much Pacino looks like Paterno and I’m enticed to see how this film will turn out.

            Check out the first image of Pacino above! The movie also stars Riley Keough, Kathy Baker, Greg Grunberg and Annie Parisse. The movie currently doesn’t have an official release date but expect it to air on HBO at some point in 2018.