(FROM HOLLYWOOD REPORTER) – Phoenix Pictures has picked up movie rights to John Grisham's best-selling novel Playing for Pizza. The story, one of Grisham's few non-legal tales, is about a past-his-prime NFL quarterback who finds a new perspective on life after signing with a semi-pro team in Parma, Italy. Phoenix, the company behind Zodiac and the upcoming Shutter Island, is currently searching for a writer for Pizza. (Hollywood Reporter)