A biopic on one of the greatest golfers to ever play the game and one of the most influential athletes for the sport, Tiger Woods, has been set up at Amazon MGM Studios, with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions in talks to produce, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

Amazon MGM optioned the rights to the book “The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played” by author Kevin Cook. The book was published in November 2024 and gives the behind-the-scenes story of how Woods in 2000, already having dominated the Masters earlier in his career, managed to win four major golf titles in a row that left all of his other rivals on the course in the dust.

Reinaldo Marcus Green, who directed the biopic “King Richard” about Venus and Serena Williams’ father that won Will Smith an Oscar, is in talks to direct the film.

Winkler Films is producing the project, but the Obamas’ Higher Ground is also in talks to board the project. Woods is one of the most accomplished Black athletes in any sport, so it’s not a surprise that the Obamas want to be involved. But Woods has been in the news quite a bit lately because of the recent headlines he’s made with the Trump administration: Woods golfed with Trump ahead of the Super Bowl in February, he spoke at an event at the White House honoring Black History Month, and he even got involved in some diplomacy in which Trump met with Woods and the chief of the Saudi Wealth Fund regarding the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

Woods has been surrounded by off-the-course scandal, as well, and the later part of his career has been plagued by injuries. Just this week, he announced that he would undergo surgery to repair his Achilles, with many fearing that Woods may have played his last professional round of golf.

Cook is the author of “Tommy’s Honor,” which was adapted into a BAFTA-winning feature in 2016. Cook is represented by CAA and David Halpern at David Halpern Literary Management. “The Tiger Slam” is published by Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Deadline first reported the news of the Tiger Woods biopic.