Since arriving in Los Angeles, Yasiel Puig has done nothing but to steal front pages of newspapers. His antics in and out of the grounds of the Major League Baseball (MLB) have launched him to stardom and with his short 23 years, the Dodgers right field is already a highly suggestive proposal for Hollywood to show him on its screens.
Filmmaker Brett Ratner and his RatPac Entertainment company will be responsible illustrate perhaps the most eloquent and attractive scenes (until this moment) the life of baseball player born in Palmira, Cienfuegos. According to the online edition of The Hollywood Reporter, the film project will be based on the text of Jesse Katz published in Los Angeles Magazine: “Escape from Cuba: Yasiel Puig ‘s Untold Journey to the Dodgers.”
Brett Ratner and his company had to buy the rights of the article in order to develop the work, but still they do not have any script. In the team is also included Beau Flynn, who worked with Ratner on the latest “Hercules “to be released in the U.S. on July 25.
Basically, the article from where the script will be based on recounts the many attempts of Puig to leave Cuba. The story recounts an operation that involved a rich man who acted as agent and several Mexican drug smugglers who carried Yasiel by boat to the peninsula of Yucatan, where he was held for 20 days.
After that, he managed to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 42 million dollars for seven seasons. In his first foray into the big leagues, he hit 0.330 and hit 19 homers, driving in 42 runs and scoring 66 times in just 382 appearances at home plate.
