“Paterno,” HBO’s movie about Penn State’s famed head coach during the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, will premiere in the spring of 2018, according to a tweet by the company Thursday night.
No specific date has yet been released.
The HBO movie was greenlighted last summer after the several years of speculation. In 2013, Al Pacino was rumored to play Joe Paterno — but that film was suspended pre-production due to “budget issues,” per TV Line.
Pacino is starring as Paterno in this version of the film, which is directed and executive produced by Barry Levinson, who’s worked on such films as “The Natural” and “Good Morning, Vietnam.