I think that someone is pulling your leg.
(Maybe FOX is considering, maybe it is not)
But there have been many failed attempts at porting FIRST into a movie or TV style format. Yes there have been several documentaries on FIRST, but really no solid appearance to the masses.
Remember that Disney show they said ABC was doing last year?
Well it didn't happen
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/18/te...daf3&ei=5 070
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First also hopes to keep expanding, with a goal of eventually reaching every high school in the nation. The plan involves a simpler kit that would enable first-year teams to build a competitive robot in less time, and a made-for-TV movie about the program that would be broadcast on ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney." The movie will star Noah Wylie of "E.R." as a teacher who supervises a First team at an inner-city school in California.
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A movie or primetime TV show really makes someone aware.
For example, I am sure nobody knew what the K-19 was before Harrison Ford released a movie about it. Point is, that Dean Kamen should try to hire someone to do a good movie about it.
However, this is not a perfect world. Even though movies get millions, only few make profits now a days. This might be hard to fathom, but movies after all expenses are making surprisingly little profit.
Piracy from P2P doesn't help either.
Right now you see less and less movies, than you did when we had a boom market in late 90's. Producers usually review a potential idea with great scrutiny, before putting any money on it.
If a director gave an idea to a producer about a kid in FIRST, they would probably reject it, because the masses would probably don't want to see it.
Maybe an independent film can be made about FIRST? Who knows, "My Big Fat Greek Weeding" was a no name film at first, but did better than most feature films.
I really do hope that this happens, it would really help people understand who we are, and how important FIRST is. Plus I think it would help teams to possibly get more money, because it would enable a normal guy to a least get a feeling of what FIRST is.