Jon Dorenbos will have a movie made about his life
Jon Dorenbos may be done with football, But his next career path is just getting started.
This past year has been a tough one for former Philadelphia Eagles long snapper, Jon Dorenbos. After he was traded away from the team that he spent ten years with, he was ready for a new journey with the New Orleans Saints. Although nobody in Philly was particularly happy with the move, it was the best thing that could happen for Dorenbos.
He would never actually play for the Saints in 2017. During his physical, Dorenbos found out that he had an aortic aneurysm and would have to get open-heart surgery. Dorenbos ended up hanging up his cleats after spending 14 years in the NFL as a long snapper.
We all knew that Dorenbos’ retirement would come sooner than later. But we did not expect things to end this way. Fast forward to 2018, and Dorenbos has yet, another incredible obstacle that he overcame to add to his remarkable life story.
After completing his long road to recovery, Dorenbos will not only pursue his dreams of becoming a magician. But he also got himself a Super Bowl ring when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. The sweet victory in Philadelphia made the behind-the-scenes project of Dorenbos life come to life quicker then we thought.
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A Jon Dorenbos Film?
Rumors came out as early as summer of 2017 about the possibility of a movie being made based on Dorenbos’ life. When he was competing on America’s Got Talent last year, a short documentary displayed the ridiculous obstacles that he had to overcome while growing up. Since that day, Dorenbos has been loved by not only the Eagles fan base but the entire country as well.
With his new-found fame, movie producers are ready to get started on his biopic as quickly as possible. Deadline Hollywood reported that film producer Mike Tollin wants to get started on the movie as quickly as possible. Tollin has hopes that the Philadelphia-based film can have similar impacts like movies such as Silver Linings Playbook, and Invincible. Both are films that are based on the Eagles.
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There are no set details on who will star as Dorenbos yet. But Tollins is allegedly in talks with an A-List actor to play in it. We can expect to hear some more details on the movie soon. It will be exciting to see Dorenbos’ incredible journey on film, and we will be front row as soon as it comes out in the next year or two.