“Aaron methodically went about his business on the ball field. He turned the other cheek. But the bitterness remained.” (from Right off the Bat) (Photo by Louis Requena/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

The Hollywood Reporter announces a film on Hank Aaron. It will be made by the director of The Natural. As he approached and surpassed Babe Ruth’s sacrosanct lifetime home-run record, Aaron—who was playing in Atlanta at the time—was subject to racist abuse (in the early 1970s) as flagrant as any even Jackie Robinson experienced.