Al Pacino to Play Joe Paterno, PSU Football Coach Involved in Sandusky Sex-Abuse Cover-Up
Academy Award winner Al Pacino will be playing former Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno in a movie based on the New York Times best seller "Paterno" by Joe Posnanski. The book covers the rise and fall of the once revered, whose stardom came crumbling down with the revelation of his involvement in the infamous Sandusky child-abuse scandal.