Obamas' production company exploring Tiger Woods biopic: report

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Tiger Woods remains 1 of the astir recognizable athletes successful sports. And the 15-time large title winner's beingness could soon beryllium chronicled connected film.

Amazon MGM Studios has secured the rights to Kevin Cook's "The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played," a workplace spokesperson confirmed to People. 

The movie from Amazon volition beryllium based connected the publication that deed shelves successful December. Former President Barack Obama and erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama are "in talks" to articulation the task done their company, Higher Ground Productions, according to Deadline.

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Former President Barack Obama and Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods of the U.S. Team speaks to erstwhile President Barack Obama connected the archetypal tee during the Presidents Cup astatine Liberty National Golf Club Sept. 28, 2017, successful Jersey City, N.J.   (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Reinaldo Marcus Green, whose movie credits see "King Richard," is besides drafting involvement successful the task astir Woods. Green is being considered to nonstop the film, according to the report.

Actor Will Smith won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Richard Williams, the begetter and erstwhile manager of tennis greats Serena and Venus Williams successful "King Richard." The Williams sisters were listed arsenic the film's enforcement producers.

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Cook's publication features stories from "many of golf’s biggest names — Tiger’s caddie, his coach, his opponents, his idols and others, each offering caller penetration into the electrifying highs of his victories and the obstacles connected and disconnected the people that threatened his relentless pursuit of perfection"

Tiger Woods successful  the TGL

Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club waves to fans arsenic helium is introduced astatine the commencement of a lucifer of the TMRW Golf League against Boston Common Golf Jan. 27, 2025, successful Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A timetable for the documentary's merchandise was not made available.

Woods had been preparing for adjacent month's Masters tournament. But it's improbable he'll vie astatine Augusta National aft Woods announced Tuesday helium had country to code a ruptured Achilles tendon.

"I americium backmost location present and program to absorption connected my betterment and rehab, convey you for each the support," the five-time Masters victor wrote connected X.

In February, Woods announced that his mother, Kutilda Woods, had died astatine the property of 81.

Tiger and Kultida Woods successful  2010

Tiger Woods, hugs his mother, Kultida Woods, during a quality conference, Feb. 19, 2010, successful Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

"It is with heartfelt sadness that I privation to stock that my beloved mother, Kultida Woods, passed distant aboriginal this morning," Woods wrote. "My Mom was a unit of quality each her own, her tone was simply undeniable. She was speedy with the needle and a laugh. She was my biggest fan, top supporter, without her nary of my idiosyncratic achievements would person been possible. She was loved by truthful many, but particularly by her 2 grandchildren, Sam and Charlie."

Obama and Tiger Woods person a history. Obama erstwhile traveled to Florida to play a circular of play with Woods during his presidency. Woods visited the White House during a solemnisation of the Presidents Cup American and International play teams successful June 2014. 

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The erstwhile president and erstwhile archetypal lady's accumulation institution has brought galore projects to the surface since its 2018 launch, including the docuseries "Our Oceans and Court of Gold" and "Rustin."

Barack and Michelle Obama

In this Oct. 31, 2017, record photo, erstwhile President Barack Obama and erstwhile archetypal woman Michelle Obama look astatine the Obama Foundation Summit successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Obamas' institution besides teamed up with LeBron James' Uninterrupted and Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions to nutrient "Starting 5." The docuseries was released connected Netflix past twelvemonth and followed James, Anthony Edwards and different NBA stars connected and disconnected the court.

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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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