Tony Scott Directing Don Aronow Biopic
Dramatizing the life and death of the Speedboat King.
Tony Scott and Fox 2000 are teaming up to bring the life of Don Aronow to the screen.
Who’s Don Aronow, you ask? ComingSoon has the answers you seek:
Aronow was a self-made millionaire businessman and powerboat racing’s world champ for 10 straight years. His cigarette boat became a favorite of Colombian drug smugglers looking to import their product into Miami in the 1980s. Aronow got a $20 million contract to build boats for U.S. Customs agents to catch the smugglers. He was eventually gunned down in 1987 in a mob-style hit in Miami.
In other words: No Don Aronow, no Miami Vice.
Before tackling the Aronow biopic — which he’ll direct from a script by Michael Lerner — Scott will finish his Denzel Washington-led remake of The Taking of Pelham 123.
Source: ComingSoon.net
