Lionel Messi’s life is to be made into a film after a Hollywood production company bought the rights to a biography of the Barcelona superstar.

Lionel Messi’s life is to be made into a film after a Los Angeles production company bought the rights to a biography of the Barcelona star.

The film is set to narrate Messi’s childhood in Argentina and treatment for growth hormone deficiency, before depicting his successful career that would lead him to win the Ballon d’Or four times in a row.

Epic Pictures Group aims to finish the biopic in time for a 2014 World Cup release.

“The goal is to make a powerful and positive film that will leave audiences feeling inspired to go after their dreams no matter how impossible they may seem,” chief executive Patrick Ewald told Variety magazine. 

The film will be based on Luca Caioli’s book ‘Messi’, which features interviews with the player’s former coaches, family and team-mates, as well as the man himself.