Jeff Maguire News

May 24, 2005
A Bit More Info on "The Gridiron Gang"
ComingSoon.net shares a press release that divulges a little extra news regarding Columbia Pictures' "Gridiron Gang," a sports drama based on a 1993 documentary of the same name. The Rock and Xzibit will star in a tale that's "based on actual events about the creation of a football team within the confines of a juvenile detention camp." More...

April 14, 2005
The Rock, a Rapper, and a Director Join the "Gridiron Gang"
Variety brings news of "Gridiron Gang," a new sports flick that "concerns a dedicated probation officer ... who puts together a football team of juvenile-detention inmates to compete against local high school teams." The Rock ("Walking Tall," "The Rundown") is already on board to play the probation officer, rapper Xzibit is close to landing a role, and Sony just signed Phil Joanou ("State of Grace," "Three O'Clock High") to direct. More...