Al Pacino To Star In Film As Producer Phil Spector

First Published: October 9, 2010 11:43 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Caption Al Pacino accepts the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie award for ‘You Don’t Know Jack’ onstage at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on August 29, 2010 in Los Angeles HBO says Al Pacino is set to star as legendary record producer Phil Spector in a TV film to be written and directed by David Mamet.

The film will tell the story of Spector, who long ago recorded such acts as the Beatles, Cher and the Ramones. Now, at age 70, he’s serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life for murder. He was convicted for the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

The 70-year-old Pacino starred in the HBO film “You Don’t Know Jack” earlier this year as Jack Kevorkian, who served time in prison for assisting in the suicide of a terminally ill man.

The as-yet-untitled Spector film is in the early stages of development, HBO said. The project was first reported by The New York Times.

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