In the past two months, Joe Flacco became the highest-paid NFL player and was the Super Bowl MVP. Now, the 28-year-old will portray Baltimore Colts legend Johnny Unitas in a movie about his life, according to The Baltimore Sun.Joe Unitas told the newspaper that Flacco will play his father playing football in the final scenes depicting the Colts' 1958 championship game victory in Unitas We Stand.
Filming is scheduled to begin July 15 and is expected to last around 9-12 weeks. Ideally, Unitas would like to release the movie timing it to the Super Bowl next year. Unitas said having someone with Baltimore ties play his father was important. Flacco said that he was honored to play the role of Unitas. Joe hopes to film the entire movie in Baltimore.
"He does things the right way and is a good role model for kids and he gets what hard work is and does everything he can for the team. There are a lot of parallels that can be drawn between Joe and my dad. My production team is very fortunate and thankful that he's dedicated to help us and play my dad. I know he doesn't do a lot of things away from the game, and football players' time off in the offseason is very valuable. For him to take time away and commit to doing this is very humbling."The movie is based on Tom Callahan's best-selling book: Johnny U: The Life and Times of Johnny Unitas.
