The Oscar winner is set to play late college football legend Joe Paterno in a currently untitled HBO movie that chronicles the coach’s downfall in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
A Penn State movie has been in the works at HBO for years.
Al Pacino is tackling the Penn State sex abuse scandal head-on.
Back in 2013, Brian De Palma was set to helm a pic based on Joe Posnanski’s book Paterno, with Pacino set in the starring role.