Canadian producer David Carver is set to shoot a feature biopic on the late, legendary homegrown golfer Moe Norman, with an all-star Canuck team attached.

Winnipeg-raised comedian-director David Steinberg (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You) is an executive producer on the project, as is industry executive Robyn Todd (Inside Comedy, Quality Balls).

Brantford, Ont.-raised NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky and actor-entrepreneur Janet Gretzky are attached as co-producers.

Carver, who lives half the year in L.A., has been trying to get the U.S./Canada copro made for two decades through his David Carver Films.

A representative for the film tells Playback Daily that Carver will likely have a writing credit on the film and plans to shoot it in the U.S. and Canada in early summer 2022, taking advantage of provincial/federal film incentives here, and hire Canadian film crews.

Canadian writer Mark Bergen co-penned the original screenplay with Todd Korgan and Josh Schorr. Writer Joshua Michael Stern added to the screenplay.

The casting director is Valorie Massalas (Back To The Future II & III, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade).

“My 20-year quest to tell this story is fueled 98% by passion and persistence,” said Carver, in a news release.

“Obtaining the exclusive support, trust, rights, unique stories and research from the more than 30 beneficiaries of Moe’s estate, his family and closest friends was the foundation making this a film that audiences will discover is not a story about golf — it’s a story about life.”

Norman (pictured), a Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member, died in 2004 at age 75. His career milestones included 33 course records and 17 registered holes in one.

He was considered introverted and a misfit, and “collided with both the elite golf establishment and society itself,” said the release.

Wayne Gretzky said his father, the late Walter Gretzky, was a great friend of Norman’s “and constantly shared incredible stories of this bigger-than-life character.”

“Moe’s true brilliance and simple life philosophies were often overlooked by his colourful, sometimes ragged clothes, worn shoes and visors, his repetitive speech and eccentric behaviour,” the Gretzkys said in a joint statement.

“His story exemplifies one of life’s great lessons: be true to yourself.”

Said Steinberg and Todd: “This is a beautiful, touching film with heart, about a Canadian underdog, and it needs to be told.”

Photo credit: Brooke Palmer