Washington DC, July 23 -- Actor Glen Powell and filmmaker Richard Linklater are set to reunite for an untitled biopic on legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig, with Universal Pictures backing the project, reported Variety.

According to Variety, the film marks another collaboration between Powell and Linklater after their work on 'Hit Man' and 'Everybody Wants Some'.

The biopic will chronicle the life of Gehrig, the Hall of Fame first baseman who became one of baseball's greatest icons. Nicknamed the "Iron Horse" for playing a then-record 2,130 consecutive games, Gehrig's illustrious career was cut short after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

His emotional farewell speech at Yankee Stadium in 1939, in which he d...