Paramount Pictures To Make 'Bubba' Motocross

[Thursday, January 6th, 2005]
Paramount Pictures is to make a coming-of-age film about James Bubba Stewart, a teen who is to motocross racing what Tiger Woods is to golf, according to Variety.

Taught by his father to ride before he could walk, Stewart was winning titles by the time he was 7, and at 16 became the first African-American to win a major motorsports title. He has so dominated the 125cc division that he's been known to lay down his bike during a race to let competitors catch up.

The film is being written by David Gordon Green and will mark the feature directing debut of celebrity photographer Sam Jones.

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