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" Dermot Mulroney will direct a film based on the life of Liberian football player George Weah. The actor - who recently completed filming on his directorial debut Love Wedding Marriage - and his producing partners Tharita Cutulle and Rainier Negri have secured the rights to make a movie about Weah, says The Hollywood Reporter. Weah&amp;#039;s football career took him from Liberia to Europe, where his clubs included Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Chelsea. In 1995, he became the only player to net the FIFA World Player of the Year, European Footballer of the Year and African Footballer of the Year honours. After retiring from professional sport, Weah became a humanitarian and ran for the presidency in his native Liberia. Mulroney, who travelled to Weah&amp;#039;s Miami home to get his approval, said of the project: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s real doozy story. It&amp;#039;s got politics, war, love and soccer. We very patiently walked a fine line with him, and Rainier won him over.&amp;quot; Mulroney&amp;#039;s acting credits include romantic comedies My Best Friend&amp;#039;s Wedding, The Wedding Date and The Family Stone. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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