The Rock to play Charley Pride in new biopic

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. Charley Pride knows the truth of that old proverb...

May 2, 2011

There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip. Charley Pride knows the truth of that old proverb. When Pride last visited Saint John’s Harbour Station, where he will take the stage again on May 14, actor Terrence Howard (Ray, Crash) was to play Charley in a Hollywood take on of his life.

“But then the ball got fumbled. New management took over the studio that was ready to begin site work on it,” Charley said recently in a phone interview. “And a decision was made to put all their resources behind thrillers – fast actioners. They felt that was where the big box office money was then.”

As a consequence his film, being readied by director Craig Brewer, was shelved.

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