Asif Kapadia to helm documentary on Diego Maradona

LOS ANGELES: Asif Kapadia, the director of the Oscar-nominated "Amy," is to helm a feature documentary about the soccer player Diego Maradona.

The film will be handled internationally by Altitude Film Sales and introduced to buyers at Berlin, with US sales being handled by Cinetic Media, reported Variety.

Altitude Film Distribution has taken U.K. rights to the film, titled "Maradona."

The company also distributed "Amy," which took $5.39 million, making it the highest-grossing British documentary of all time at the UK box office.

The Maradona movie has the same filmmaking team behind it as "Amy" and their previous documentary "Senna" -- Kapadia, James Gay-Rees and Chris King.

Those three will be joined as producers on the film by Paul Martin, the producer of "Ronaldo." It is being fully financed by Julian Bird's Lorton Entertainment.