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Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat

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Stormzy says the footballer has "inspired generations on and off the pitch"

Ian Wright's early life is being turned into a film produced by rapper Stormzy's film company.

The ex-footballer and former Match of the Day pundit only turned professional in his early 20s, going on to become one of Arsenal's top scorers.

He has spoken before about his difficult childhood and rejections from multiple clubs as a teenager, but says the biopic will be the "first time we're bringing it all together".

Stormzy says it was an "honour" for his company #Merky Films to co-produce the film, helping to "bring such an important and powerful story to the screen".

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The former England striker is one of Arsenal's all-time top scorers

Wright was born in 1963 in Woolwich, London to Jamaican parents who had arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation.

According to the film's producers, the biopic covers how football became "the young boy's only escape…