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James Nursey

Jamie Vardy's Leicester movie moves step closer as top producers and writers sign up

Big hitters are committing to a box office film about Leicester and Jamie Vardy despite their final day reverse.

The Foxes missed out on the top four and the Champions League on the last day for the second successive season.

A 4-2 home loss to Spurs saw Vardy and Co end fifth after being in the top four for 242 days this term.

But the side paraded the FA Cup after the final whistle amid memorable scenes at the King Power Stadium with fans back.

Behind the scenes plans for a box office movie about Leicester and former non-league striker Vardy continue.

LA-based Brit Adrian Butchart , a producer and writer , has agreed to make the movie with the Oscar-winning producers of The King’s Speech Gareth-Ellis Unwin and Simon Egan and their company Bedlam Productions.

Fellow Oscar nominated duo Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, who wrote The Fighter, will also be involved scripting it.

Butchart wants to make another football movie after writing the scripts for the first two films in the 'Goal' trilogy.

He has since held talks with Vardy after his incredible rise from factory worker to Premier League title winner in 2016.

The star added another fairytale after lifting the FA Cup by beating Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley courtesy of Youri Tielemans' screamer.

Vardy is believed to be the first player to play in 13 rounds of the competition from the preliminary round to the final.

Goal made more than £23million around the world and featured cameos from big names including Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham.

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson is in the frame to play Vardy (Getty Images)

Butchart, who lives in Hollywood and makes movies with his company Knightsbridge Films, has already confirmed considering Zac Effron and Robert Pattinson to play Vardy but One Direction's Louis Tomlinson, from Yorkshire, is also in the frame

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has endorsed the idea saying of Vardy: "His story is so unique. It is definitely a movie later in life isn't it."

Under Rodgers, the Foxes finally lifted the FA Cup after losing their four previous finals, the last 52 years ago.

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