Brawler's biopic punched up

December 12, 2007 Boxing legend Rocky Marciano is coming to the big screen in his first authorized biopic. Morris S. Levy's M.E.G.A Films has acquired rights to Marciano's story from his family and will produce a feature from a script by first-time writer Terri Apple. The fighter's younger brother, Lou, gave Levy and Apple never-before-revealed details about the athlete's life, including his relationship with his wife and father, for an original draft written before the writers strike.

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