5 articles on Paul Potts movie

Potts tale 'to be made into film'
Mar 4, 2008

The story of talent show-winning tenor Paul Potts is being developed into a Hollywood film, according to a report.
The project will be produced by Simon Cowell, who steered the mobile phone salesman to fame after he won the first series of Britain's Got Talent.

Industry paper Variety reports that film company Paramount agreed to the project after watching YouTube footage of Potts performing.

His debut album One More Chance has sold some three million copies.

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Potts story to get Hollywood treatment
Mar 4, 2008

Simon Cowell will produce the movie which will chart the humble beginnings of the former Carphone Warehouse salesman, to his success as the winner of TV talent show Britain's Got Talent.

The singer from South Wales won the hearts of the nation with his performance of opera classic Nessun Dorma and went on to sign a £1 million deal with Cowell's record label after winning the show.

Paramount Pictures, who have produced a number of blockbusters, have reportedly snapped up the rights to the 37-year-old's story which is being hailed as "another Billy Elliot".

Cowell, a judge on Britain's Got Talent, was approached by a Hollywood executive whose daughter had shown him YouTube clips of Potts' audition.

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Paul Potts: The Movie?
Mar 4, 2008

You know, we here at Empire are generally out having wild parties on a Saturday night, hangin' with superstars and trying to escape our crowds of scantily-clad admirers. But if we were ever in, we might have seen Paul Potts on Britain's Got Talent, and we'd be amused to hear that his story is now set for the big screen.

Potts, for those of you who, like us, live it large and in no way sit at home glued to reality shows, was the mobile phone salesman with a dream of singing opera who went on British talent show, er, Britain's Got Talent and blew the judges away. Here's how it looked. We hope it's not too spoilerific to say that he's now sold 3 million records and lined up a tour across 13 countries.

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Are They Potty? Plans For Paul Potts The Movie Revealed
Mar 3, 2008

Unassuming opera singer Paul Potts, who found fame after winning a TV talent show, is set to have his life story transformed into a Hollywood movie.

Reports claim that Simon Cowell will be producing the film which will chart the rise of Potts from a mobile phone salesman to a global superstar (ahem) thanks to his victory on Britain’s Got Talent.

Simon Cowell, who was a judge on the show, told Variety Magazine of the project: "Most of these calls result in absolutely nothing, but this company got that it's another Billy Elliot, a story anyone in the world can understand. I'll never forget how much the room changed when he began singing.”

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Simon Cowell to make movie about Paul Potts' rise to fame

Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts is to have a movie made of his amazing rise to fame.

The film about the opera singer, 37, will be created by Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures and produced by Simon Cowell.

The mogul, a judge on the ITV1 show on which Paul found fame last year, was phoned up by a film chief suggesting the idea.

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