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To direct, Disney turned to Indian filmmaker Mira Nair. The material came to Disney through its subsidiary ESPN, which published the book, and was championed by Disney executive Tendo Nagenda, who is of Ugandan descent. Yet it also continues the tradition of Disney’s “based on a true story” underdog sports movies like Remember the Titans (2000), The Rookie (2002), Miracle (2004), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), Invincible (2006), and Million Dollar Arm (2014). Based on the 2012 book The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by sportswriter Tim Crothers, Queen of Katwe charts new ground for Disney because of the story’s African origins.