Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The film will focus on striker Jamie Vardy and Leicester City's surprise success

The Oscar-nominated screenwriters who wrote The Fighter have been hired to write a movie about Leicester City's surprise Premier League win.

Briton Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson's yet-to-be titled film will focus on Jamie Vardy and his journey from factory worker to top scoring striker.

Leicester City club beat 5000/1 odds to win the Premier League earlier this year.

"The story represents everything we love in a movie," Tamasy told Deadline.

Johnson added: "This is more than a sports film, it's a once-in-a-lifetime story about the fulfilment of impossible dreams and the strength of the human spirit.

"It's also a hell of a lot of fun. I'm extremely excited and proud to be a part of it."

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Director Adrian Butchart says the Leicester City film is taking shape.

The pair were nominated for the best original screenplay Oscar for David O Russell's 2010 biographical sports drama.

They lost out to David Seidler who wrote The King's Speech, which was coincidentally produced by Bedlam Productions - the same company behind the Leicester City film.

"We saw and heard first hand how highly respected and talented they both are - we very much wanted to find a way we might work together," Bedlam's Simon Egan said.

It is not known when the film will start production, nor when casting will begin.

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