Walt Disney studios is developing a sequel-reboot of the 1991 action-adventure movie, The Rocketeer. They’re hiring Max Winkler and Matt Spicer to pen the script; Brigham Taylor, who produced The Jungle Book with Jon Favreau, is producing along with Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil of the Carolina Panthers. The project titled The Rocketeers , is in the early development stages, but it will have a modern-day twist, and will be headlined by a black female character.
Sports: Blake Griffin & Ryan Kalil Producing Disney Reboot of ‘The Rocketeer’ With Black Female Lead
NFL: Panthers Sign Ryan Kalil to 6-Year Contract, Making Him NFL’s Highest-Paid Center
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl The Carolina Panthers continued their surprising spending spree Friday when they signed center Ryan Kalil to a six-year contract worth $49 million that will make him the highest-paid center in the NFL, according to team and league sources. Kalil was scheduled to make $10.1 million in 2011 as the team’s designated franchise player and signed a five-year extension through 2016 that was restructured to lower his salary-cap number this year, sources said.
