Leatherheads was co-written by Rick Reilly and Duncan Brantley - Reilly a Sports Illustrated columnist and Brantley the former caretaker of Steven Spielberg’s estate. In fact, most of Leatherheads was written in Spielberg’s house. The screenplay bounced around for about 15 years until director/leading man George Clooney tweaked it and set things into motion.
 The movie is inspired by, but not necessarily based upon, the birth of professional football in the U.S. The names are fictional, and liberties are certainly taken but the movie isn’t trying to provide a history lesson.
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