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When the Atlanta Falcons stepped up to the plate and volunteered to be featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks, the sigh of relief from Tom Coughlin and Jerry Reese could be felt miles away.

But while this year’s New York Giants won’t be featured on the network, a team that last played 56 years ago will.

According to the New York Post, HBO will begin filming a movie entitled The Glory Game, based on Frank Gifford’s book detailing the 1958 NFL Championship.

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Gene Kirkwood, Ross Elliott and Cody Gifford will produce the film. The Glory Game was originally published in 2009 and is based around what has been coined “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” In 1958, the Giants and Baltimore Colts faced off in the NFL championship.

The game, which was televised across the nation on NBC, was the first championship to go into sudden death overtime. The Colts won, 23-17, on fullback Alan Ameche’s one-yard touchdown run.

“That overtime meant a lot and moved us into a time zone where people were turning on their TVs in California and seeing NFL football,” Giants’ running back Frank Gifford told The New York Post. “Football, at that time, was a game that nobody talked about or watched on TV … and that game had a lot to do with bringing fans to the game. People turned on their TVs expecting to see the news, which was pre-empted by the game, and I think that had a lot to do with popularizing the NFL.”

The film is still in the early stages of development and has yet cast any actors or actresses.

“We’ve met with [writer John Richards] and we’re developing the story with him,” Cody Gifford told The Post. “We’re kind of taking a hands-off approach but we’re giving him everything he needs. We’re focused right now on getting the best possible story out of the book.”