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Johnny Knoxville part of the "Stolen Season"
POSTED ON 06/13/05 AT 10:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

Variety reports that Johnny Knoxville will star in "Stolen Season" for Warner Bros. Pictures. John Raffo penned the screenplay.

The film is loosely based on the true story of former Baltimore Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey, who fell under the spell of charismatic coach John Jennings when he was 13 and playing on a Southern California Pony League baseball team in 1963. By the time the summer was over, Jennings had robbed a string of 20 banks up and down the California coast, using the team's travel as cover.

Knoxville is up for the role as Jennings, the coach.